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March 1999
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; March 1999; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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In Focus: RX for B and C; March 1999; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Promising new drugs bring
reinforcements to the battle
against hepatitis epidemics
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On the Origins of Subspecies; March 1999; by Hayashi; 2 Page(s)
DNA analysis to the rescue in figuring out where to repatriate Galápagos Islands tortoises
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In Brief; March 1999; by Yam; 3 Page(s)
Planet Parade; Neural Stem Cells Found; No Rest for the Thymus; Fat-Fighting Fidgeting; Immortality without Cancer; Don't Forget Your Vitamins; Arctic Warmth; Environmental Myths
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Anti Gravity: Feathers, Flight and Faith; March 1999; by Mirsky; 1 Page(s)
The whole town has just pitched in
to save Jimmy Stewart's hide at
the end of "It's a Wonderful Life", and I'm
watching and thinking, not good
enough.
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Crimes Against Nature; March 1999; by Schmiedeskamp; 2 Page(s)
A medical examiner's laboratory - for protected animals
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Revenge of the Wimps; March 1999; by Musser; 2 Page(s)
Italian physicists have found the missing dark matter - or maybe not
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By the Numbers: Divorce, American-Style; March 1999; by Doyle; 1 Page(s)
The late social scientist Jessie Bernard of Pennsylvania State University once observed that "there are two marriages...in every marital union, his and hers."
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Profile: Humans Unite!; March 1999; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Ben Shneiderman wants to make computers into more effective tools - by banishing talk about machine intelligence
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Oil in Water; March 1999; by Holloway; 1 Page(s)
Studies arising from the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill suggest that fish are more sensitive to hydrocarbons than previously thought
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Green is Good; March 1999; by Nemecek; 2 Page(s)
With negotiations on climate change policy stalled, some major corporations are setting their own
environmental policies
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Rushing the Double-Gate; March 1999; by Chase; 2 Page(s)
Keep future semiconductor transistors switching - by
adding a second gate
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Cyber View; March 1999; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)
The Best Things in Cyberspace Are Free
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The 1998 National Medal of Technology; March 1999; by Staff Editor; 4 Page(s)
The nation's highest honor for technological
innovation, the medal recognizes breakthrough
achievements in the development and
commercialization of technology
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Global Climate Change on Venus; March 1999; by Bullock, Grinspoon; 8 Page(s)
Venus's climate, like Earth's, has varied over time - the result of newly appreciated connections between geologic activity and atmospheric change
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A Little Big Bang; March 1999; by Mukerjee; 6 Page(s)
A new collider will soon create matter
as dense and hot as in the early universe
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The Timing of Birth; March 1999; by Smith; 8 Page(s)
A hormone unexpectedly found in the human placenta turns out to influence the timing of delivery. This and related findings could yield much needed ways to prevent premature labor
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Visualizing Human Embryos; March 1999; by Smith; 6 Page(s)
A technique called magnetic resonance
microscopy is revealing the secrets
of early human development
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The Komodo Dragon; March 1999; by Ciofi; 8 Page(s)
On a few small islands in the Indonesian archipelago,
the world's largest lizard reigns supreme
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The Crash in the Machine; March 1999; by Thomke, Holzner, Gholami; 6 Page(s)
Increasingly, automakers are relying on computer simulations of accidents to develop safer cars more quickly and efficiently
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The Metamorphosis of Andrei Sakharov; March 1999; by Gorelik; 6 Page(s)
The inventor of the Soviet hydrogen bomb
became an advocate of peace and human rights.
What led him to his fateful decision?
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Reviews; March 1999; by Konner, staff editors; 4 Page(s)
Reviews
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