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April 1995
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; April 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Masthead; April 1995; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Sun Spotting the Difference; April 1995; by Nemecek; 1 Page(s)
X-ray images of the sun offer a new view of the nearby star and its cycles - one that differs markedly from the more familiar images made using visible light.
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A Ringside View of Stars; April 1995; by Vames; 1 Page(s)
An unusual collision between galaxies has created a halo of stars ripe for study - and the Hubble Space Telescope recorded it all.
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Coming Out in the Sciences; April 1995; by Mukerjee; 1 Page(s)
I answered the phone the other night to hear the voice of an old friend from graduate school in physics.
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Fighting All the Time; April 1995; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Insights into HIV suggest ways to find better AIDS treatments
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Catching That Wave; April 1995; by Yam; 2 Page(s)
Atoms act like light - and get bent out of shape
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Technology and Business; April 1995; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Should satellites or microwaves direct airplanes in bad weather?
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A Widget's Best Friend; April 1995; by Wallich; 1 Page(s)
Diamonds may bring a new facet to motors and sensors
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Simply, the Best; April 1995; by Stix; 1 Page(s)
Energy-efficient cookstove technology makes a comeback
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Voting for a Cure; April 1995; by Stix; 1 Page(s)
The world's toughest question blared in 117-point type across page B5 of the New York Times on January 19.
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Changing the Image; April 1995; by Schneider; 1 Page(s)
Looking to MRI for diagnosing breast cancer
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The Puzzle of Declining Amphibian Populations; April 1995; by Blaustein, Wake; 6 Page(s)
The number of frogs, toads and salamanders is dropping
in many areas of the world. The causes range from destruction
of their local habitats to global depletion of the ozone layer
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Quest for the Limits of the Heliosphere; April 1995; by Jokipii, McDonald; 6 Page(s)
Four aging spacecraft are racing to the outer reaches
of the solar system. Soon they may break through
the last barriers to interstellar space
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Machines That Learn; April 1995; by Abu-Mostafa; 6 Page(s)
Machine learning improves significantly
by taking advantage of information
available from intelligent hints
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Understanding the Genetic; April 1995; by Greenspan; 6 Page(s)
Studies of courtship and mating in the fruit fly
offer a window on the ways genes
influence the execution of complex behaviors
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The Art Historian's Computer; April 1995; by Schwartz; 6 Page(s)
Riddles posed by ancient works of art fall
to historical analyses and electronic explorations
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A Brief History of Infinity; April 1995; by Moore; 5 Page(s)
The infinite has always been a slippery concept. Even the commonly accepted mathematical view, developed by Georg Cantor, may not have truly placed infinity on a rigorous foundation
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The Tapestry of Power; April 1995; by Stone, Zimansky; 6 Page(s)
Mashkan-shapir was for a brief time one of the most important cities in the civilized world. Its remains challenge traditional notions of power distribution in early urban society
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The Price of Prevention; April 1995; by Leutwyler; 6 Page(s)
Policymakers frequently suggest that preventive medicine pays for itself. In fact, studies now show that this claim is rarely true. Still, prevention is often a worthy health investment
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Book Reviews; April 1995; by Schacter; 5 Page(s)
Memory Wars
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Essay; April 1995; by Bernstein; 1 Page(s)
The Poor Person's Guide to "The Bell Curve"
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