Scientific American Magazine Vol 288 Issue 3

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 288, Issue 3

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Features

Dismantling Nuclear Reactors

Taking apart a nuclear power plant that has reached the end of its life is a complicated task. But not for the reasons you might expect

Matthew L. Wald

Restoring Aging Bones: Blame It on Evolution

Clifford J. Rosen

Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?

A long-cherished view of how and why feathers evolved has now been overturned

Richard O. Prum and Alan H. Brush

Digital Entertainment Jumps the Border

Harvey B. Feigenbaum

Bugs in the Brain

Time for a bit of humility. Some microorganisms can manipulate neural circuitry better than we can

Robert M. Sapolsky

The Search for Dark Matter

Dark matter is usually thought of as something "out there." But we will never truly understand it unless we can bring it down to earth

David B. Cline

Departments

Erratas

Data Points: March 2003

Brief Bits: March 2003

Ask the Experts: March 2003

Fuzzy Logic

Letters

The Neurologist and the Philosopher

The Rael Thing

No Two Alike

Safecracking

Demon-Haunted Brain

Total Information Overload

Our Soil; New World; Moon Air

The Relentless Storm

Man against a Mountain

Follies and Foucault's Pendulum

Sizing Up Evangelicals

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