Can Sustainable Management Save Tropical Forests ?
Sustainability proves surprisingly problematic in the quest to reconcile conservation with the production of tropical timber
Features
Black Holes and the Information Paradox
What happens to the information in matter destroyed by a black hole? Searching for that answer, physicists are groping toward a quantum theory of gravity
Out of Africa Again... and Again?
Africa is the birthplace of humanity. But how many human species evolved there? And when did they emigrate?
Combinatorial Chemistry and New Drugs
An innovative technique that quickly produces large numbers of structurally related compounds is changing the way drugs are discovered
How Erosion Builds Mountains
An understanding of how tectonic, erosional and climatic forces interact to shape mountains permits clearer insights into the earth's history
Extremophiles
These microbes thrive under conditions that would kill other creatures. The molecules that enable extremophiles to prosper are becoming useful to industry
The Science of Murphy's Law
Life's little annoyances are not as random as they seem: the awful truth is that the universe is against you
Jules Verne, Misunderstood Visionary
Discovery of a long-lost novel reveals that, from the start, the father of science fiction was gravely concerned with the dangers of technology
Departments
- From the Editor
Seriously, We're Not Kidding
- Letters
Letters To The Editors, April 1997
- Recommended
Reviews and Commentaries—Reconstructing Tesla
- Anti Gravity
Separate but EQ
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago: Polaroids, Seam Engines and Zinc Wire
- Wonders
The Silicon Gourmet
- In Brief
In Brief, April 1997
- Profile
From Satan to Zen
- Mathematical Recreation
Knight's Tours
- Amateur Scientist
The Joys of Armchair Ornithology
- Science and the Citizen
Hot-Spotting
Salivating For Saffron
A Golf Cart, It Isn't
Stopping Strokes
The Greening Of Europa
- By the Numbers
Air Pollution in the U.S.
- Working Knowledge
Smoke Detectors—Working Knowledge
- Connections
Feathered Friends
- Cyber View
Cracking the U.S. Code
- Technology and Business
Playing Nice
Dredging The Digestive System
Plastic Power
Check Your Bags
- In Focus
Small (Lending) Is Beautiful
