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Satellites: The Strategic High Ground
The Broadest Broadband
A Less Expensive Way to Bring Fiber to the Home
DSL: Broadband by Phone
Higher-Speed Access
The False Crisis in Science Education
THE ARCHITECTURE OF A HYBRID FIBER-COAXIAL NETWORK
LMDS: Broadband Wireless Access
PAUL W. SHUMATE, JR., is executive director of the Lasers and Electro-Optics Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Prior to August 1999 he was a chief scientist and assistant general manager at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), in Morristown, N.J. He can be reached at p.shumate@ieee.org.
Why Things Break
Scientists have known for most of this century that chemistry is responsible for whether a solid shatters or bends. But only now are they finding a way to predict which type of failure will win
Preserving Nefertari's Legacy
The tomb of this ancient Egyptian queen is testament to the great love of Pharaoh Ramses II. Its preservation is testament to advances in conservation
The Unmet Challenges of Hepatitis C
Some 1.8 percent of the U.S. adult population are infected with the hepatitis C virus, most without knowing it
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Working Knowledge on Laser Printers
- From the Editor
Curiosity and Schrödinger's Cat
- Letters
Letters
Erratum
- Recommended
The Editors Recommend
PHOTOGRAPHER TO THE STARS
- Anti Gravity
It's not Oeuvre Till it's Oeuvre
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
- Wonders
Nitrogen: The Dark Side
- In Brief
IN BRIEF
- Profile
Infamy and Honor at the Atomic Café
- Mathematical Recreation
Cone with a Twist
- Amateur Scientist
Modeling the Atomic Universe
- Commentaries
A Total Eclipse of Reason
- Science and the Citizen
BOOM OR BUST
FAT IN THE FIRE
PIRATE FEAR
DESERTING THE SAHARA
Quantum Déjà Vu
- By the Numbers
Men, Women and College
- Connections
A Matter of Degrees
- Cyber View
To Err is Mechanical
- Technology and Business
TO BOLDLY GROW...
IN THE DRINK
Do-it-Yourself Financial Planning
- In Focus
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES