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December 1997
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; December 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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In Focus: The Big Shrink; December 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Federal labs are developing new chipmaking techniques. Who will reap the benefits?
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No Bones About It; December 1997; by Vergoth; 1 Page(s)
"T. rex" Sue highlights the battle over
private collecting on public land
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Say That Again?; December 1997; by Beardsley; 1 Page(s)
Researchers plan to see if
cell phones could affect memory
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In Brief; December 1997; by Leutwyler; 3 Page(s)
E = mc2, Really; Vodka Woes; The Biggest Star; Bringing Up Baby (in 3-D); Brighter Sunshiny Days; ATCG Puzzle Pieces; Mr. McGregor's Revenge; Evaluation Evaluations; Jet Chemistry
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Smoke Alarm; December 1997; by Beardsley; 2 Page(s)
Haze from fires might
promote bacterial growth
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Profile: Molding the Web; December 1997; by Holloway; 2 Page(s)
Its inventor, Tim Berners-Lee, says the World Wide Web hasn't nearly reached its potential
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Newton 1, Einstein 0; December 1997; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
High-energy physicists enter a soapbox derby - and lose
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X-Ray Sound; December 1997; by Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
A new device sounds out
the contents of sealed containers
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Cyber View; December 1997; by Joseph; 1 Page(s)
On-line Advertising Goes One-on-One
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Metal Clusters and Magic Numbers; December 1997; by Brack; 6 Page(s)
Investigations of tiny lumps of metal can help bridge the gap in physicists' understanding of the differences between isolated atoms and bulk solids
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The Case for Relic Life on Mars; December 1997; by Gibson Jr., McKay, Thomas-Keprta, Romanek; 8 Page(s)
A meteorite found in Antarctica offers strong evidence that Mars has had - and may still have - microbial life
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Williams Syndrome and the Brain; December 1997; by Lenhoff, Wang, Greenberg, Bellugi; 6 Page(s)
To gain fresh insights into how
the brain is organized, investigators are
turning to a little known disorder
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Tracking a Dinosaur Attack; December 1997; by Thomas, Farlow; 6 Page(s)
The efforts of a sculptor and a paleontologist
reveal details of a 100-million-year-old skirmish
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Exploiting Zero-Point Energy; December 1997; by Yam; 4 Page(s)
Energy fills empty space,
but is there a lot to be tapped,
as some propound? Probably not
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Building the Biggest; December 1997; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
Our age worships small things: the microchip, recombinant genes, mechanical parts built at the molecular scale.
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The Longest Suspension Bridge; December 1997; by Kashima, Kitagawa; 7 Page(s)
The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge has broken many records and weathered an earthquake--even while it is being completed
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The World's Tallest Buildings; December 1997; by Pelli, Thornton, Joseph; 11 Page(s)
Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers serve as both a cultural and an economic symbol
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Building a New Gateway to China; December 1997; by Kosowatz; 10 Page(s)
The largest public-works upgrade on
earth calls for, among other things, a new
airport, two world-class bridges and two
submerged crossings of Victoria Harbor
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Do We Still Need Skyscrapers?; December 1997; by Mitchell; 2 Page(s)
The Industrial Revolution made skyscrapers possible.
The Digital Revolution makes them (almost) obsolete
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Reviews; December 1997; by Morrison, Morrison; 5 Page(s)
The Scientific American Young Readers Book Awards
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Commentary: Connections - On Track; December 1997; by Burke; 2 Page(s)
I was on a train the other day, sipping a cold beer in the bar and thinking how, when I was a kid, railcars used to go clackety-clack, and now they just hum smoothly along.
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