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December 1993
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; December 1993; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; December 1993; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Challenges for 1994; December 1993; by Jonathan Piel; 1 Page(s)
The end of 1993 reminds us that science is the force that prevents history from repeating itself
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Heart of the Matter; December 1993; by John Horgan; 2 Page(s)
A particle "factory" for probing a seminal asymmetry
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From Mice to Men; December 1993; by Tim Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
The burgeoning business of gene therapy
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Bright Future; December 1993; by Paul Wallich; 2 Page(s)
Porous silicon proves versatile, but is it real?
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The Color of Sound; December 1993; by Philip Yam; 2 Page(s)
Shedding light on sonoluminescence
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Clean Definitions; December 1993; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)
The nation contemplates what to do with Superfund
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Deliverance; December 1993; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 4 Page(s)
Medicine closes in on an artificial liver device
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Core Questions; December 1993; by Marguerite Holloway; 2 Page(s)
Glaciers and oceans reveal a mercurial climate
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Fractured Functions; December 1993; by John Horgan; 2 Page(s)
Does the brain have a supreme integrator?
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Living Legend; December 1993; by Marguerite Holloway; 1 Page(s)
Is the last ground sloth hidden in the Amazon?
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A Girl's Best Friend; December 1993; by Kristin Leutwyler; 2 Page(s)
Diamond continues to resist efforts at economic synthesis
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When Cells Divide; December 1993; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Making space for the next wave of wireless communications
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Shrinking Sandbox; December 1993; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)
IBM's woes visit its esteemed research division
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A Joycean Mutation; December 1993; by Tim Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
Researchers discover a new mechanism for cancer
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Cosmic SNUs; December 1993; by Corey S. Powell; 1 Page(s)
Closing in on the "solar neutrino problem"
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The Fertility Decline in Developing Countries; December 1993; by Bryant Robey, Shea O. Rutstein Leo Morris; 8 Page(s)
Family size is decreasing in many Third
World countries. The reasons provide
the key to slowing population growth
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The Compton Gamma Ray; December 1993; by Neil Gehrels, Carl E. Fichtel, Gerald J. Fishman, James D. Kurfess and Volker Schönfelder; 8 Page(s)
A steady stream of data from this
orbiting observatory is painting a portrait
of a dynamic and often enigmatic cosmos
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MHC Polymorphism and Human Origins; December 1993; by Jan Klein, Naoyuki Takahata and Francisco J. Ayala; 6 Page(s)
The diversity of human tissue types was
generated long before Homo sapiens emerged
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Africanized Bees in the U.S.; December 1993; by Thomas E. Rinderer, Benjamin P. Oldroyd and Walter S. Sheppard; 7 Page(s)
Africanized honeybees have reached the U.S. from points south.
As more of them arrive, they will certainly wreak some havoc
but perhaps not the type their "killer bee" nickname would imply
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Drugs by Design; December 1993; by Charles E. Bugg, William M. Carson and John A. Montgomery; 7 Page(s)
Structure-based design, an innovative approach to developing drugs, has
recently spawned many promising therapeutic agents, including several
now in human trials for treating AIDS, cancer and other diseases
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The Death Cults of Prehistoric Malta; December 1993; by Caroline Malone, Anthony Bonanno, Tancred Gouder, Simon Stoddart and David Trump; 8 Page(s)
New archaeological excavations reveal that as the ancient island societies suffered from environmental decline, they developed an extreme religious preoccupation with life and death
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Current Events; December 1993; by Philip Yam; 9 Page(s)
Now that the blizzard of hype has stopped,
workers are gradually realizing the promise
of high-temperature superconductors
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Book Reviews; December 1993; by Philip Morrison and Phylis Morrison; 7 Page(s)
Science Books for Young People
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Eponymous Science; December 1993; by Anne Eisenberg; 1 Page(s)
The art of choosing names for scientific discoveries
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