Semiconductor Subsidies
Did the U.S. government spend more than $700 million to achieve a goal that might have been attained for much less?
Features
Training the Olympic Athlete
Sports science and technology are today providing elite competitors with the tiny margins needed to win in world-class competition
Science in the Sky
The International Space Station will be the most expensive object ever built. Although many scientists oppose the grandiose scheme, its political momentum now appears unstoppable
Can Nuclear Waste Be Stored Safely at Yucca Mountain?
Studies of the mountain's history and geology can contribute useful insights but not unequivocal conclusions
The Reluctant Father of Black Holes
Albert Einstein's equations of gravity are the foundation of the modern view of black holes; ironically, he used the equations in trying to prove these objects cannot exist
The Art of Charles R. Knight
Long before the film Jurassic Park, Knight's illustrations brought dinosaurs to life in the public's mind
Taxoids: New Weapons against Cancer
The chemists who developed the cancer-fighting agent taxol are creating a family of similar compounds that may one day help combat the disease
Departments
- From the Editor
The Space Station's Disappointing Odyssey
- Letters
Letters to the Editors, June 1996
Errata
- Recommended
Reviews and Commentaries--A Bright Light
- Anti Gravity
The Lizard Kings
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago: Super Calculator, Skin Grafts and Remodeled Steam Ship
- Wonders
Under Pressure
- In Brief
In Brief, June 1996
- Profile
Catching a Coming Crime Wave
- Mathematical Recreation
Tales of a Neglected Number
- Amateur Scientist
Homemade Microgram Electrobalances
- Science and the Citizen
Urbaculture
Forecast: Dry and Windy
Artful Dating
Among the Papers in Kaczynski's Cabin
Senile Words
- By the Numbers
AIDS Cases Reported, 1994-1995
- Working Knowledge
Air Bags--Working Knowledge
- Connections
Out of Gas
- Cyber View
Playing Facts and Loose
- Field Notes
Star-Hopping by the Outhouse
- Technology and Business
Ultrasound's New Phase
Mind Readings
Good Wood
Testing, Testing
Up, Up and Away
- In Focus
"Peaceful" Nuclear Explosions
