Features

• Uncovering the Keys to the Lost Indus Cities

  Recently excavated artifacts from Pakistan have inspired a reevaluation of one of the great early urban cultures--the enigmatic Indus Valley civilization

  Jonathan Mark Kenoyer   | July 1, 2003  |

• Pumphead

  In what has become almost routine, the heart-lung machine "breathes" for patients during coronary-bypass operations. But could this lifesaving device have a dark side?

  Bruce Stutz   | July 1, 2003  |

• Untangling the Roots of Cancer: Overview/How Cancer Arises

  W. Wayt Gibbs   | July 1, 2003  |

• Untangling the Roots of Cancer

  Recent evidence challenges long-held theories of how cells turn malignant--and suggests new ways to stop tumors before they spread

  W. Wayt Gibbs   | July 1, 2003  | 1

• The Galactic Odd Couple: Overview/AGNs and Starbursts

  Kimberly Weaver   | July 1, 2003  |

• Counting the Last Fish

  Overfishing has slashed stocks--especially of large predator species--to an all-time low worldwide, according to new data. if we don't manage this resource, we will be left with a diet of jellyfish and plankton stew

  Daniel Pauly and Reg Watson   | July 1, 2003  |

• Antennas Get Smart

  Adaptive antenna arrays can vastly improve wireless communications by connecting mobile users with virtual wires

  Martin Cooper   | July 1, 2003  |

• The Galactic Odd Couple

  Why do giant black holes and stellar baby booms, two phenomena with little in common, so often go together?

  Kimberly Weaver   | July 1, 2003  |