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The Year in Science: 1999
Call Me On Your Metaphone
Understanding the next wave in communications will require learning some new words
Erupting Io
The Latest Neanderthal
New evidence indicates that Neanderthals roamed central Europe far more recently than researchers thought
Speaking In Tones
Mysteries of the Moon Pyramid
Molecular Model-T
Chandra Sees Its 'First Light'
New Season On the Red Planet
Other Ways of Seeing
Chandra will provide further proof that there is more to the cosmos than meets the eye
The Eagle Has Landed
Fly Like a Fly
A Fiber Named Roy G. Biv
What a Relief!
Cosmic Mirages
"Hello, This Is Dick Tracy"
Going, Going--Gone?
Much of the world's water is stored in glaciers and the great polar ice sheets. But these frozen reservoirs are melting rapidly, and the water they release could cause a catastrophic rise in sea levels
Significant Others
The discovery of a nearby solar system renders our corner of space a little bit less lonely
Mega Burst
Riding High
Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones are the first humans to circle the earth in a balloon
The Raw Materials
The chemistry of life is an integral part of the process that births stars
"S" Marks the Spot
Costly Interlopers
Introduced species of animals, plants and microbes cost the U.S. $123 billion a year