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November 1993
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; November 1993; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; November 1993; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Grim Statistics; November 1993; by Paul Wallich; 1 Page(s)
Gun fire may surpass auto
accidents as a cause of death
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Dot's Incredible; November 1993; by Philip Yam; 2 Page(s)
Controlling single electrons
in a quantum dot
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Were Four Corners Victims Biowar Casualties?; November 1993; by John Horgan; 1 Page(s)
Could a mysterious disease that has taken at least 16 lives in the Four Corners region of the Southwest since this past May be related to the U.S. biological warfare program?
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Insects Are Forever; November 1993; by John Rennie; 2 Page(s)
Staying power, not flower
power, made bugs diverse
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Goldilocks Cosmology; November 1993; by Corey S. Powell; 2 Page(s)
Theorists toss another
ingredient into the cosmic recipe
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Sausage Factory; November 1993; by Tim Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
How Congress passes
the pork to Back-Home U.
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Pollution, Pollution...; November 1993; by Kristin Leutwyler; 4 Page(s)
Federal air standards permit
dangerous particulate levels
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Unraveling Alzheimer's; November 1993; by Tim Beardsley; 3 Page(s)
A major cause of the disease
yields to researchers
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The Case for Free Trade; November 1993; by Jagdish Bhagwati; 6 Page(s)
Environmentalists are wrong to fear
the effects of free trade. Both causes
can be advanced by imaginative solutions
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The Perils of Free Trade; November 1993; by Herman Daly; 6 Page(s)
Economists routinely ignore its hidden costs to the environment and the community
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Chemical Signaling in the Brain; November 1993; by Jean-Pierre Changeux; 8 Page(s)
Studies of acetylcholine receptors in the electric organs of fish have generated critical insights into how
neurons in the human brain communicate with one another
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X-Ray Binaries; November 1993; by Edward P. J. van den Heuvel and Jan van Paradijs; 8 Page(s)
In these systems, ultradense neutron stars feed on their more sedate
companions. Such stellar cannibalism produces brilliant outpourings
of x-rays and drastically alters the evolution of both stars
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The Art of Boris Artzybasheff; November 1993; by Domenic J. Iacono; 6 Page(s)
A compelling mid-20th century vision
of the machines of war and peace
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High-Power Electronics; November 1993; by Narain G. Hingorani and Karl E. Stahlkopf; 8 Page(s)
A new generation of silicon switches enables power
grids to meet the needs of utility customers
with high efficiency and reliability
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Ancient DNA; November 1993; by Svante Pääbo; 7 Page(s)
Genetic information that had seemed lost forever turns out to linger in the remains of long-dead plants and animals. Evolutionary change can at last be observed directly
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A Lab of Her Own; November 1993; by Marguerite Holloway; 10 Page(s)
Despite decades of struggle, women retain a small minority in the scientific commmunity
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Turning Green; November 1993; by Gary Stix; 3 Page(s)
Can industrial chemistry trade benzene for sugar?
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More Fun than a Root Canal; November 1993; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 1 Page(s)
At last, biotechnology for the masses. Less noble perhaps than gene therapy for a rare disease, less impressive than a cure for cancer, Creative BioMolecules's latest product, if it works, may nonetheless make many people smile.
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Power Play; November 1993; by Tim Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
A bioentrepreneur does some
expert broken-field running
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Software Skipper; November 1993; by Robert Patton; 2 Page(s)
A convoy steams through the icy waters of the North Atlantic, much the way convoys did 50 years ago carrying needed goods to overseas friends and allies.
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ECM for 747s; November 1993; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)
Should commercial airliners carry high-tech protection?
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Book Reviews; November 1993; by Philip Morrison; 3 Page(s)
The Biology of the Mind; Virtual Protection?; Gravity on Trial
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Peace among Democracies; November 1993; by Bruce Russett; 1 Page(s)
Rx for global peace: a world of democratic governments
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