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... women have begun. 36 Scientific American May 1999 SAM OGDEN Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. T he “micro” in microphone re- fers to the tiny sound the in- strument must pick up, not to the ... M. Grossman WENDY M. GROSSMAN is a for- mer internationally obscure folksinger. News and Analysis Scientific American May 1999 39 Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. Unti...

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... and depression. Scientific American (ISSN 003 6-8 733), published monthly by Scientific American, Inc., 415 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 1001 7-1 111. Copyright © 1993 by Scientific American, Inc. ... Canada 80 0-3 3 3-1 199; other 51 5-2 4 7-7 631. Postmaster: Send address changes to Scientific American, Box 3187, Harlan, Iowa 51537. Reprints available: write Repri...

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... represents a one-in-a-million hazard, the point below which the cancer risk from a food additive is too small to be of concern to the Food and Drug Administration. Between –2 and –4 are one- of-a-kind ... Development Cor- poration, a Washington- based policy organiza- tion. ÒHe might achieve this objective through growth-enhancing poli- cies, but he might also increase taxes and en- gage in e...

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... solution,” Strassmann testified in a Senate hear- ing, “has resulted in thousands of unin- tegrated, hard-to-maintain, impossible- to-manage, contractor-dependent is- lands of automation.” Because the law “does ... Italy; telephone: 3 9-2 -7 60 0-1 104; fax: 3 9-2 -7 60 0-3 719. Further Reading Hidden Killers: The Global Problem with Uncleared Landmines: A Report on International Dem...

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... some- body did that deliber- ately from a few dif- ferent points? This could be a massive denial-of-service at- tack on the Net —or an eavesdropping at- tack,” Bellovin said. This might be possi- ble, ... en- gineered Bt crops has been document- ed. But several pests have shown resistance in the laboratory, and a veg- etable pest, the diamond- back moth, has demon- strated resistance after in...

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... and Analysis44 Scientific American January 1999 CYBER VIEW Out of Site DAVID SUTER Copyright 1998 Scientific American, Inc. Revolution in Cosmology Scientific American January 1999 45 A t a conference ... page. Surveying Space-time with Supernovae Scientific American January 1999 47 Supernovae Copyright 1998 Scientific American, Inc. Hubble and other pioneers estimate...

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... SERVICES Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. FEBRUARY 1999 $4.95 www.sciam.com How Limbs Develop High Blood Pressure in African-Americans Spaceships: The Next Generation Copyright 1999 Scientific American, ... nuclear tests on May 11, 1998. BALDEV-SYGMA TED SPIEGEL Corbis Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. News and Analysis32 Scientific American February 1999...

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... Agency Start fidgeting Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. News and Analysis28 Scientific American March 1999 W hen dozens of rotting, headless, three-quarter-ton walrus carcasses started showing ... ring NASA Copyright 1999 Scientific American, Inc. News and Analysis26 Scientific American March 1999 In Brief, continued from page 24 No Rest for the Thymus Overturning...

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... “because we’re trying to take 200 million Americans with us.” —Glenn Zorpette News and Analysis Scientific American April 1999 47 Copyright 199 9Scientific American, Inc. GEMINI: A NEW EYE OPENS ... giant light-col- lecting machines in- clude another Mauna Kea resident, the Gemini North Obser- vatory, backed by the U.S. and six other na- tions, which is near- ing its own first-light i...

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