Space
Journey to the Farthest Planet
Scientists are finally preparing to send a spacecraft to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, the last unexplored region of our planetary system.
Features
The Mammals That Conquered the Seas
Using recently discovered fossils and DNA analyses, scientists are at last unraveling the mysterious evolutionary history of whales
Physics
Extreme Light
Tabletop lasers focus light with the power of 1,000 Hoover Dams onto a tiny point for applications from physics and fusion research to medicine
Atherosclerosis: The New View
A long-held idea about how atherosclerosis develops has been overturned, offering clues to fighting this deadly disease
The Sciences
Wireless Data Blaster
Radio's oldest technology is providing a new way for portable electronics to transmit large quantities of data rapidly without wires.
Rethinking Green Consumerism
Buying "green" products isn't enough to save biodiversity in the tropics. A plan for marketing conservation services may be the answer
The Skeptical Environmentalist Replies
Recently Scientific American published "Misleading Math about the Earth," a series of essays that critized Bj¿rn Lomborg's The Skeptical Environmentalist. Here Lomborg offers his rebuttal...
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Last Chance for the Last Planet
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When Markets Go Mad
R.I.P. for D.I.Y.
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Face Shift
Drams of Drugs and Dregs
As Good as Old
Watered-Down Mars
Cascades of Light
Triggers against Transplants
A Crush on Bacteria
- Recommended
Meddling with Human Nature
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The Exquisite Balance
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Cold Comfort
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50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
- In Brief
Data Points, May 2002
Brief Bits, May 2002
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Defense in Depth
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Trees of the Triassic
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Survival in an Insecure World
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IP Rights--and Wrongs
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The Ultimate Clean Fuel
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Deindustrialization
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Getting There
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Fuzzy Logic
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Ask the Experts, May 2002
