Features

• The Trials of an Artificial Heart

  A year after doctors began implanting AbioCor in dying patients, the prospects of the device are uncertain

  Steve Ditlea   | July 1, 2002  |

• The Nose Takes a Starring Role

  The star-nosed mole has what is very likely the world's fastest and most fantastic nose

  Kenneth C. Catania   | July 1, 2002  |

• Last Mile by Laser

  Short-range infrared lasers could beam advanced broadband multimedia services directly into homes and offices

  Anthony Acampora   | July 1, 2002  |

• Uncovering Supersymmetry

  A strange,elusive phenomenon called supersymmetry was conceived for elementary particle physics--but has come to light in nuclei of platinum and gold

  Jan Jolie   | July 1, 2002  | 1

• Sweet Medicines

  Sugars play critical roles in many cellular functions and in disease. Study of those activities lags behind research into genes and proteins but is beginning to heat up. The discoveries promise to yield a new generation of drug therapies

  Thomas Maeder   | July 1, 2002  |

• 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense

  Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up

  John Rennie   | July 1, 2002  | 2574