Debt and the Environment
Loans cause great human hardship, but their connection to ecological troubles is hard to prove
Features
Building World-Record Magnets
Packing the energy equivalent of a stick of dynamite, powerful electromagnets around the globe compete to advance our knowledge of materials science and physics
Hookworm Infection
It retards growth and intellectual development in millions of children yet is largely ignored by researchers. New findings suggest excellent possibilities for a vaccine
The Arithmetics of Mutual Help
Computer experiments show how cooperation rather than exploitation can dominate in the Darwinian struggle for survival
Deciphering a Roman Blueprint
Scholarly detective work reveals the secret of a full-size drawing chiseled into an ancient pavement. The "blueprint" describes one of Rome's most famous buildings
Halo Nuclei
Nuclei having excess neutrons or protons teeter on the edges of nuclear stability, known as drip lines. Under this stress, some develop a halo
Kin Recognition
Many organisms, from sea squirts to primates, can identify their relatives. Understanding how and why they do so has prompted new thinking about the evolution of social behavior
From Complexity to Perplexity
Can science achieve a unified theory of complex systems? Even at the Santa Fe Institute, some researchers have their doubts
Departments
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, June 1995
- Recommended
Reviews--Next of Kin
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50 and 100 Years Ago: Arsenic with Fluorine and New Voting Technology
- Profile
Turning the Inside Out
- Amateur Scientist
Computing Bouts of the Prisoner's Dilemma
- Science and the Citizen
Persistently Toxic
Crisis? What Crisis?
Flying in the Face of Tradition
Depression's Double Standard
Dinosaurs in the Halls
Death by Analysis
The Importance of Being Sneaky
Better Late than Never
The Eyes Have It
Rio Redux
- Departments
Yesterday the Peso, Tomorrow the Dollar?
The Known, the Unknown and the Unknowable
- Field Notes
Ambivalent Anniversaries
- Technology and Business
Suck it to me
Turning Back the Clock
Tell us Another Story, Please, Bill
Have a Heart
Computing with Fire
Employment Blues: Nothing to do with being Green
Setting a Standard
