October 1999
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; October 1999; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Cover

Table of Contents; October 1999; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editors; October 1999; by Alda; 1 Page(s)

Curiosity and Schrödinger's Cat

Letters to the Editors; October 1999; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; October 1999; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

In Focus: Truth or Consequences; October 1999; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

A polygraph screening program raises questions about the science of lie detection

Pirate Fear; October 1999; by Williams; 2 Page(s)

Controversy heats up about chlorfenapyr, a.k.a. Pirate - a pesticide some claim is the next DDT

Quantum Déjà Vu; October 1999; by Collins; 2 Page(s)

In an exquisite "quantum nondemolition" experiment, physicists see a single photon and then see it again

In Brief; October 1999; by Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)

A Model Tumor; A Less Carbonated Earth; Freshwater Cool; Charles Darwin Out; Seeing the Depressed Brain; New and Not Improved

Fat in the Fire; October 1999; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

A researcher found to have faked data on electromagnetic fields says it's all a misunderstanding.

Boom or Bust?; October 1999; by Musser; 2 Page(s)

New doubts about whether cosmic expansion is accelerating

Deserting the Sahara; October 1999; by Simpson; 2 Page(s)

Dying plants harvest harsh surprises from climate change

Anti Gravity: It's Not Oeuvre Till It's Oeuvre; October 1999; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

You can observe a lot just by watching, according to one of the foremost neurolinguists of our time, Lawrence Peter Berra, known as Yogi to his many disciples.

By the Numbers: Men, Women and College; October 1999; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)

One of the most extraordinary developments over the past two decades has been the growing prevalence of female students on college campuses, particularly in the English-speaking countries and Europe.

Profile: Infamy and Honor at the Atomic Café; October 1999; by Stix; 2 Page(s)

Edward Teller has no regrets about his contentious career

Do-it-Yourself Financial Planning; October 1999; by Menduno; 1 Page(s)

Automated, on-line advice for 401(k)s and other investments takes off

In the Drink; October 1999; by Holmes; 2 Page(s)

Cities try cooling off with deep lake water

To Boldly Grow...; October 1999; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)

A new technique for altering genes could bring improved crops

Cyber View; October 1999; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)

To Err Is Mechanical

The Hidden Ocean of Europa; October 1999; by Pappalardo, Head, Greeley; 10 Page(s)

Doodles and freckles, creamy plains and crypto-icebergs - the amazing surface of Jupiter's brightest icy moon hints at a global sea underneath

Why Things Break; October 1999; by Eberhart; 8 Page(s)

Scientists have known for most of this century that chemistry is responsible for whether a solid shatters or bends. But only now are they finding a way to predict which type of failure will win

Preserving Nefertari's Legacy; October 1999; by Agnew, Maekawa; 6 Page(s)

The tomb of this ancient Egyptian queen is testament to the great love of Pharaoh Ramses II. Its preservation is testament to advances in conservation

The Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C; October 1999; by Bisceglie, Bacon; 6 Page(s)

Some 1.8 percent of the U.S. adult population are infected with the hepatitis C virus, most without knowing it

The False Crisis in Science Education; October 1999; by Gibbs, Fox; 8 Page(s)

The largely mythical decline of science in the public schools is leading - yet again - to rushed reforms that ignore the best advice on what kids should know

High-Speed Data Races Home; October 1999; by Clark; 6 Page(s)

The global network is entering a new phase in its evolution, one that will spawn new applications and make dial-up modems a thing of the past

The Internet via Cable; October 1999; by Medin, Rolls; 2 Page(s)

Only cable networks are well equipped to provide hybrid TV-Internet services, as well as superfast on-line access

DSL: Broadband by Phone; October 1999; by Hawley; 2 Page(s)

Alexander Graham Bell's ubiquitous copper wires will still be a capacity-rich communications resource in the third millennium

The Broadest Broadband; October 1999; by Shumate, Jr.; 2 Page(s)

New technologies promise to reduce the cost of linking homes with optical fiber, the ultimate medium for data communications

Satellites: The Strategic High Ground; October 1999; by Norcross; 2 Page(s)

Data communications systems that use satellites to transmit signals have many advantages over ground-based systems

LMDS: Broadband Wireless Access; October 1999; by Skoro; 2 Page(s)

Ground-based wireless networks delivering the full range of broadband services can be deployed quickly and inexpensively

The Light at the End of the Pipe; October 1999; by Bane, Bradley; 6 Page(s)

A much faster and easier-to-use Internet will stimulate the introduction of new services and possibly even significant social metamorphoses

Mathematical Recreations; October 1999; by Stewart; 2 Page(s)

Cone with a Twist

The Amateur Scientist; October 1999; by Carlson; 2 Page(s)

Modeling the Atomic Universe

Reviews; October 1999; by Robinson, Panosian, Staff Editors; 4 Page(s)

Reviews

Commentary: A Total Eclipse of Reason; October 1999; by John Rennie; 1 Page(s)

Kansas turned out the lights more permanently by endorsing ignorance of evolution.

Wonders: Nitrogen: The Dark Side; October 1999; by Philip Morrison, Philis Morrison; 2 Page(s)

The detonation in Oklahoma City signaled the compound's dual nature-and our own.

Connections: A Matter of Degree; October 1999; by James Burke; 2 Page(s)

Meanwhile science wasn't coming to the rescue

Working Knowledge; October 1999; by Bloomfield; 1 Page(s)

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