Space & Physics
Making Sense of Modern Cosmology
Confused by all those theories? Good
Features
The Sciences
The Triumph of the Light
Extensions to fiber optics will supply network capacity that borders on the infinite
Brave New Cosmos
Echoes from the Big Bang
Scientists may soon glimpse the universe's beginnings by studying the subtle ripples made by gravitational waves
A Cosmic Cartographer
The Microwave Anisotropy Probe will give cosmologists a much sharper picture of the early universe
The Quintessential Universe
The universe has recently been commandeered by an invisible energy field, which is causing its expansion to accelerate outward
Plan B for the Cosmos
If the new cosmology fails, what's the backup plan?
The Cultures of Chimpanzees
Humankind's nearest relative is even closer than we thought: chimpanzees display remarkable behaviors that can only be described as social customs passed on from generation to generation...
The Cellular Chamber of Doom
Structures called proteasomes inside cells continuously destroy proteins. Several common diseases result when the process works too zealously--or not at all
The Mystery of Damascus Blades
Centuries ago craftsmen forged peerless steel blades. But how did they do it? The author and a blacksmith have found the answer
The Rise of Optical Switching
Replacing electronic switches with purely optical ones will become the technological linchpin for networks that transmit trillions of bits each second
Routing Packets with Light
The ultimate all-optical network will require dramatic advances in technologies that use one lightwave to imprint information on another
Departments
- From the Editor
The First Optical Internet
- Letters
The Mail
Erratum
- Anti Gravity
The Open-Heart Open
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago: Human Body In Space, Smallpox Vaccine Production and Medicine in Naples
- Wonders
Information Technology, 2500 B.C.
- In Brief
Have you got the Right Stuff?
- Reviews
Not Only Fine Feathers ...
- Profile
The $13-Billion Man
- Mathematical Recreation
Dots-and-Boxes for Experts
- Amateur Scientist
A Canteen Cloud Chamber
- Science and the Citizen
The New Uncertainty Principle
A Gas of Steel Balls
Side Splitting
Aquatic Homebodies
Lost Worlds
Pink Slip in Your Genes
Cholesterol 1, Aspirin 0
Jobless in the U.S.
That Ball is Gone
- By the Numbers
Coke, Crack, Pot, Speed et al.
- Working Knowledge
The Well-Rounded Flat Speaker
- Connections
Class Acts
- Departments
End Point
- Cyber View
2001: A Scorecard
- Technology and Business
Complexity's Business Model
