Scientific American

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  Año 2003, Vol. 289, Número 5

  • Penny-Wise, Planet-Foolish.

    pág. 8

    

  • Misguided Missile Shield.

    pág. 8

    

  • FISH GUARDS.

    Colin MacGillivray

    pág. 12

    

  • WIRELESS IS MORE.

    Steve Roemerman

    pág. 12

    

  • ANCIENT IDENTITY ISSUES.

    David M. Lank

    pág. 14

    

  • THE ETHICS OF CELLING.

    William B. Hurlbut

    pág. 14

    

  • FISH GUARDS.

    pág. 14

    

  • GUN SAFETY?

    Warren Redlich

    pág. 14

    

  • 50, 100, & 150 Years Ago.

    Jean Piaget

    pág. 16

    

  • Healing the Grid.

    J. R. Minkel

    pág. 18

    

  • Malcode Melee.

    W. Wayt GIBBS

    pág. 20

    

  • Spotty Defense.

    Mark Alpert

    pág. 20

    

  • All Screwed Up.

    George Musser

    pág. 22

    

  • A Digital Slice of Pi.

    W. Wayt GIBBS

    pág. 23

    

  • Light Sails to Orbit.

    Philip Yam

    pág. 23

    

  • A Man, a Plan, Spam.

    Wendy M. Grossman

    pág. 24

    

  • Brain Not Inflamed?

    Dennis Watkins

    pág. 24

    

  • Restoring the Rio.

    Krista West

    pág. 26

    

  • The Race Card.

    Carol Ezzell

    pág. 26

    

  • Sounding Off.

    Krista West

    pág. 27

    

  • Interstellar Pelting.

    George Musser

    pág. 28

    

  • Why Women Work.

    Rodger Doyle

    pág. 30

    

  • Edward Teller, 1908-2003.

    Gary Stix

    pág. 32

    

  • Pulling the Lever.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 32

    

  • Killing the Competition.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 32

    

  • Not So Happy Together.

    Philip Yam

    pág. 32

    

  • A Face in the Car Crowd.

    Philip Yam

    pág. 32

    

  • Cleaner Living.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 32

    

  • DATA POINTS: ICY SURGE .: ICY SURGE .

    pág. 32

    

  • Seeing Red.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 33

    

  • Insulin from Bone Marrow.

    Philip Yam

    pág. 33

    

  • Packing 'Em On.

    J. R. Minkel

    pág. 33

    

  • Reducing Crime.

    Rodger Doyle

    pág. 33

    

  • Black Hole Life Preserver.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 34

    

  • Weekend Weather.

    Philip Yam

    pág. 34

    

  • Bacterial Batteries.

    Charles Choi

    pág. 34

    

  • X-ray Proofing.

    Steven Ashley

    pág. 34

    

  • Baffling the Bots.

    Lee Bruno

    pág. 36

    

  • Make Your Own Rules.

    Gary Stix

    pág. 36

    

  • Show Me the Body.

    Michael Shermer

    pág. 37

    

  • Wired Superstrings.

    Gary Stix

    pág. 38

    

  • Shrink-Wrapping the World.

    Gary Stix

    pág. 40

    

  • Parallel Universes.

    Max Tegmark

    pág. 41

    

  • Candle in the Dark.

    Michael Shermer

    pág. 43

    

  • The Unseen Genome: Gems among the Junk.: Gems among the Junk.

    W. Wayt GIBBS

    pág. 46

    

  • Hearing Colors, Tasting Shapes.

    Edward M. Hubbard, Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

    pág. 53

    

  • The Asteroid Tugboat.

    Edward T. Lu, Piet Hut, Russell L. Schweickart

    pág. 54

    

  • Scale-Free Networks.

    Eric Bonabeau, Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

    pág. 60

    

  • AN ARMY of SMALL ROBOTS.

    Robert Grabowski, Pradeep K. Kosla, Luis E. Navarro-Serment

    pág. 62

    

  • THE FUTURE of STRING THEORY: A Conversation with Brian Greene.: A Conversation with Brian Greene.

    pág. 68

    

  • THE ICEMAN RECONSIDERED.

    James H. Dickson, Linda L. Handley, Klaus Oeggl

    pág. 70

    

  • Stranger in a New Land.

    Kate Wong

    pág. 74

    

  • The Orphan Drug Backlash.

    Thomas Maeder

    pág. 80

    

  • Flying on FLEXIBLE WINGS.

    Steven Ashley

    pág. 84

    

  • Catch a Wave.

    Mark Fischetti

    pág. 88

    

  • Desert Metropolis.

    Gary Stix

    pág. 90

    

  • WHY WE SLEEP.

    Jerome M. SIEGEL

    pág. 92

    

  • Math's Most Wanted.

    Kristin Leutwyler

    pág. 94

    

  • BETTER THAN WELL (Book).

    pág. 95

    

  • Bounded Regrets.

    Dennis E. Shasha

    pág. 96

    

  • Doing What Comes Unnaturally.

    Steve Mirsky

    pág. 98

    

  • Staying Power.

    Mark Fischetti

    pág. 98

    

  • Waiting for Liftoff.

    W. Wayt GIBBS

    pág. 100

    

  • Limited Visibility.

    Phil Scott

    pág. 103

    

  • THE SEA AROUND US: AN ILLUSTRATED COMMEMORATIVE EDITION (Book).: AN ILLUSTRATED COMMEMORATIVE EDITION (Book).

    pág. 104

    

  • THE DISCOVERY OF GLOBAL WARMING (Book).

    pág. 104

    

  • Liquid Switchboard.

    Dennis E. Shasha

    pág. 105

    

  • A Bridge Too Far.

    Steve Mirsky

    pág. 106

    

  • What makes Kansas, Texas and Oklahoma so prone to tornadoes?

    pág. 107