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December 2003
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; December 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Innovations: Breath Takers; December 2003; by Gary Stix; 3 Page(s)
A quixotic career-long quest to diagnose disease simply by exhaling
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Science v. Law; December 2003; by Peg Brickley; 2 Page(s)
A decade-old rule on scientific evidence comes under fire
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Circles for Space; December 2003; by Madhusree Mukerjee; 3 Page(s)
German "Stonehenge" marks oldest observatory
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Down to the Deep; December 2003; by Steven Ashley; 2 Page(s)
Crossbreeding to make exploring the abyss routine
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Lowering the Boom; December 2003; by Phil Scott; 2 Page(s)
Quieter ways to break the sound barrier
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Two-Second Drafts; December 2003; by Brenda Goodman; 2 Page(s)
Faster beer taps for those who just can't wait
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Refining Green Gold; December 2003; by David Labrador; 2 Page(s)
How bioprospecting could be made to work
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The Nobel Prizes for 2003; December 2003; by Philip Yam, David Appell; 1 Page(s)
The Royal Swedish Academy handed out four prizes to honor nine men of science for their groundbreaking contributions
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News Scan Briefs; December 2003; by Charles Choi, Sarah Simpson, JR Minkel, Chris Jozefowicz; 2 Page(s)
Shrinking to Enlarge; Leaving Alone; Scarred Genes; The Methane Seas; Fly by Light; A Tunnel for Better Wireless; Data Points: Hospital Pains; Brief Points
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Skeptic: What's the Harm?; December 2003; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)
Alternative medicine is not everything to gain and nothing to lose
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Insights: The Cells That Rule the Seas; December 2003; by Steve Nadis; 2 Page(s)
The ocean's tiniest inhabitants, notes biological oceanographer Sallie W. Chisholm, hold the keys to understanding the biosphere - and what happens when humans disturb it
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The Scientific American 50; December 2003; by Staff Editors; 20 Page(s)
Our second annual salute to the elite of research, industry and politics whose accomplishments are shaping a better, wiser technological future for the world
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Does Race Exist?; December 2003; by Michael J. Bamshad and Steve E. Olson; 8 Page(s)
If races are defined as genetically discrete groups, no. But researchers can use some genetic information to group individuals into clusters with medical relevance
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The New Moon; December 2003; by Paul D. Spudis; 8 Page(s)
Recent lunar missions have shown that there is still much to learn about Earth's closest neighbor
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The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers; December 2003; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 4 Page(s)
The Wrights used aerial control as the key to building and flying the first airplane. But trying to refine their invention in secret nearly cost them their glory
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The Day the World Burned; December 2003; by David A. Kring and Daniel D. Durda; 8 Page(s)
The dinosaur-killing impact set off a wave of wildfires that consumed Earth's forests
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The Unseen Genome: Beyond DNA; December 2003; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 8 Page(s)
DNA was once considered the sole repository of heritable information. But biologists are starting to decipher a separate, much more malleable layer of information encoded within the chromosomes. Genetics, make way for epigenetics
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Reviews: The Quest for Affordable Energy; December 2003; by John P. Holdren; 3 Page(s)
Power to the People brings a balanced intelligence to the controversies over the future of energy and the environment. Also, The Editors Recommend
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Ask the Experts; December 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
What is game theory and what are some of its applications? Why do we get goose bumps?
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Fuzzy Logic; December 2003; by Roz Chast; 1 Page(s)
Holiday Catalogues of Tomorrow
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