Scientific American Magazine Vol 289 Issue 6

Scientific American Magazine

Volume 289, Issue 6

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Features

The Equivocal Success of the Wright Brothers: Myths about the Wright Brothers

Daniel C. Schlenoff

The New Moon

Recent lunar missions have shown that there is still much to learn about Earth's closest neighbor

Paul D. Spudis

Does Race Exist?

If races are defined as genetically discrete groups, no. But researchers can use some genetic information to group individuals into clusters with medical relevance

Michael J. Bamshad and Steve E. Olson

The Unseen Genome: Beyond DNA

DNA was once considered the sole repository of heritable information. But biologists are starting to decipher a separate, much more malleable layer of information encoded within the chromosomes. Genetics, make way for epigenetics

W. Wayt Gibbs

The Day the World Burned

David A. Kring and Daniel D. Durda

The Scientific American 50

Departments

Erratum

Data Points: December 2003

Brief Points: December 2003

Ask the Experts: December 2003

Annual Index 2003

Fuzzy Logic

The Quest for Affordable Energy

Science for Cops

Letters

Quod Error Demonstrandum

Breath Takers

Measuring Modernity

Cosmic Hydrogen -- Wright Airplane -- Canine Labor

Can Cells Be Generic?

At the Moment

Racing to Conclusions

The Cells That Rule the Seas

What's the Harm?

You Don't Say!