9/11: One Year Later

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A year has passed and the nation is still struggling to come to terms with the devastating events of September 11. In the hopes that Scientific American¿s past coverage may help readers to make better sense of the science and technology of terrorism, we have pulled together a collection of related articles that fall into the following categories:

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