July 2001
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; July 2001; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; July 2001; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Air Traffic Out of Control; July 2001; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)

Air traffic control fails to live up to its name

Letters to the Editors; July 2001; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; July 2001; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Comets, State Security, The Pharaoh's Emeralds

Shrinking the Dead Zone; July 2001; by Sarah Simpson; 2 Page(s)

Political uncertainty could stall a plan to rein in deadly waters in the Gulf of Mexico

Sailing on Sunlight; July 2001; by Mark Alpert; 1 Page(s)

A low-cost mission to launch the first solar sail

À Votre Santé; July 2001; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Should physicians tell some nondrinkers to start?

Fuel Cell Phones; July 2001; by Steven Ashley; 1 Page(s)

Portable power from fuel cells inches along

Sigma Chi Chimpy; July 2001; by Meredith F. Small; 1 Page(s)

Forget the ladies - for chimps, hunting is about fraternity

Napoleon's Revenge; July 2001; by Alison McCook; 1 Page(s)

In the U.S., height hits its head on the genetic ceiling

News Scan Briefs; July 2001; by Philip Yam, Alison McCook; 2 Page(s)

Data Points: Something to Hide?; Going Ballistic; A Crush on Nitrogen; Bigger Snips of DNA; The Flipper Effect; Dwindling Albedo; Born Again; www.sciam.com/news - Brief Bits

By the Numbers: In a Dry Land; July 2001; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

The southwest faces a dry future, but there are ways to cope

Innovations: Builders of Light Pipes; July 2001; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)

Structured teamwork propels Corning beyond commodity fiber

Staking Claims: Sounding Out Snipers; July 2001; by Gary Stix; 1 Page(s)

Drawing a bead on urban warriors who take potshots at regular troops

Skeptic: Starbucks in the Forbidden City; July 2001; by Michael Shermer; 2 Page(s)

Eastern and Western science put to political uses in both cultures

Profile: A Mind for Consciousness; July 2001; by Julie Wakefield; 2 Page(s)

Somewhere in the brain, Christof Koch believes, there are certain clusters of neurons that will explain why you're you and not someone else

How to Build a Hypercomputer; July 2001; by Thomas Sterling; 8 Page(s)

The simulation and ultimate solution of humanity's major ills and most perplexing problems require significantly faster supercomputers

The Truth and Hype of Hypnosis; July 2001; by Michael R. Nash, sidebar by Carol Ezzell; 8 Page(s)

Though often denigrated as fakery or wishful thinking, hypnosis has been shown to be a real phenomenon with a variety of therapeutic uses - especially in controlling pain

Making Molecules into Motors; July 2001; by R. Dean Astumian; 9 Page(s)

Molecular turmoil, quantum craziness: microscopic machines must operate in a world gone mad. But if you can't beat the chaos, why not exploit it?

Frozen Light; July 2001; by Lene Vestergaard Hau, sidebar by Graham P. Collins; 8 Page(s)

Slowing a beam of light to a halt may pave the way for new optical communications technology, tabletop black holes and quantum computers

Battling Biofilms; July 2001; by J.W. Costerton and Philip S. Stewart; 8 Page(s)

The war is against bacterial colonies that cause some of the most tenacious infections known. The weapon is knowledge of the enemy's communication system

Fishy Business; July 2001; by Sarah Simpson; 8 Page(s)

Cyanide fishing threatens many of the last pristine coral reefs in Southeast Asia. Will an ambitious program to clean up the marine aquarium trade be enough to save them?

Working Knowledge: Tan or Burn; July 2001; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Protecting skin from the summer sun

The Universe atop a Mountain; July 2001; by Marguerite Holloway; 3 Page(s)

Gazing at the cosmos from Kitt Peak National Observatory

Reviews: Our Evolving View of the Galápagos; July 2001; by Richard Milner, Staff Editors; 2 Page(s)

Evolution's Workshop considers the parade of sailors, scientists, poachers and eccentrics who have visited the Galapagos Islands. Also, The Editors Recommend

Puzzling Adventures: Seeing Red, Feeling Blue; July 2001; by Dennis E. Sasha; 1 Page(s)

Here's a puzzle full of clashing colors

Anti Gravity: Out of This World; July 2001; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

One UFO expert says that aliens don't get around much anymore. But what if that's just what they want you to think?

Endpoints; July 2001; by Staff Editors; 1 Page(s)

How can sea mammals drink saltwater?