Scientific American: Digital TV at Last? (Unabridged)
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TV broadcasting as we know it is set to end on Feb. 17, 2009....
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The Mystery of Methane on Mars and Titan: Scientific American (Unabridged)
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The presence of methane in the atmospheres of Mars and Titan might mean there is unusual geologic activity going on. It might also be an indicator of life....
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Scientific American, November 2000: Cloning Noah's Ark
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Robert P. Lanza, Betsy L. Dresser, and Philip Damiani
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Biotechnology might offer the best way to keep some endangered species from disappearing from the planet...
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Scientific American, May 2001: Warp Drive Underwater
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If you recall the Nautilus, Captain Nemo's submarine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, it was a very fast moving vessel. But we all know that water puts a huge drag on subs...
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The Teen Brain: Scientific American Mind
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In the cover story, The Teen Brain: Hard at Work. No... Really!, science reveals the ongoing changes underlying adolescent behavior....
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Criminal Mind: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains six articles....
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Consciousness: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains seven articles....
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The Body Speaks: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains six articles....
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Memory, Fear & Anger: Scientific American Mind
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The cover story reveals how painful, longterm memories might actually be erased with the use of drugs at just the right moment....
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Lies: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains six articles....
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Diesels Come Clean: Scientific American (Unabridged)
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Energyefficient diesel engines are nearly as green as hybrids, thanks to improved technology, exhaust scrubbers, and a new fuel....
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Scientific American: Searching for Extraterrestrials, July 2000
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In a special section on the search for extraterrestrials, Where Are They? explores how likely alien civilizations are to exist, and Where They Could Hide discusses...
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Scientific American, March 2001: Making Sense of Taste
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How does the brain interpret what the tongue tastes? Authors David V. Smith and Robert F. Margolskee explore the bitter, sweet, salty, and sour world in Making Sense of Taste...
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Scientific American Special Report: Preparing for a Flu Pandemic
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Scientists and public health officials are warning that a strain of bird flu known as H5N1 has the potential to cause a worldwide pandemic....
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Burnout: Scientific American Mind
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In the cover story, Burned Out, you'll find out that if you're feeling overwhelmed by the demands of your job, you're definitely not alone....
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Scientific American, September 2000
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The dazzling feats of Olympic and professional athletes depend on topnotch performance by their powerfully conditioned muscles. But conditioning can only go so far...
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The Science of War: Weapons, A ScientificAmerican.com Special Online Issue (Unabridged)
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This ScientificAmerican.com special report covers the development and spread of weapons...
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Germs: Biological Weapons and America's Secret War
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Judith Miller, Stephen Engelberg, and William Broad
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Deadly germs sprayed in shopping malls, bomblets spewing anthrax spores over battlefields, tiny vials of plague scattered in Times Square...
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Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain
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This amazing and hopeful audiobook shows us that it is not only possible for us to control our brains but also for us to rewire them....
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Secret Lives of Stars: Scientific American Special Edition
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We track these cosmic phenomena through their births, lives, and fiery deaths....
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Dinosaurs: Scientific American Special Edition
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Dinosaurs and other fierce ancient creatures....
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Great Minds of Science
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Dr. Robert Bakker, Dr. Roberto C. Gallo, Dr. Jared Diamond, and more
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Explore the Earth's last frontier, learn how the dinosaurs died, or discover the direction human evolution is heading...
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Sex and the Secret Nerve: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains six fascinating articles, on topics on human behavior like online dating, acupuncture, how to be happy, and why some people are obsessed with...garbage....
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Scientific American, May 2001: The Semantic Web
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The Semantic Web is certain to spark lots of debate; the father of the World Wide Web, Tim BernersLee, along with James Hendler and Ora Lassila, predict the next step...
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Scientific American, May 2001: The Arctic Oil and Wildlife Refuge
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The last great onshore oil field in America may lie beneath the nation's last great coastal wilderness reserve. W. Wayt Gibbs reports on The Arctic Oil and Wildlife Refuge...
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Scientific American, March 2001: Connections
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James Burke's Connections column is titled French Leave, where he discusses matters adulterous, bucolic, passionate, and fugitive. From the March 2001 issue of Scientific American...
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Restoring America's Big Wild Animals: Scientific American (Unabridged)
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A few years ago, conservation biologists met to ponder a bold plan: the reintroduction of large, extinct animals to North America....
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Scientific American, November 2000: AIDS Drugs for Africa
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Most of the 35 million people infected with the AIDS virus live on the African continent, where drugs that fight the virus are rare. Will the world let them die?...
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Scientific American, November 2000: The Odd Couple and the Bomb
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Like a story by Victor Hugo as told to Neil Simon, the events leading up to the creation of the atomic bomb involved accidental encounters among largerthanlife figures...
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Scientific American: Is Global Warming Harmful to Health?
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Computer models indicate that many diseases will surge as the earth's atmosphere heats up. Signs of the predicted troubles have begun to appear. Paul R. Epstein discusses that this prospect is deeply troubling...
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Scientific American: Male Sexual Circuitry
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In a downtoearth article, Irwin Goldstein and the Working Group for the Study of Central Mechanisms in Erectile Dysfunction raise the issue of Male Sexual Circuitry. They reveal that brain is the most important sex organ...
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Do Gays Have a Choice?: Scientific American Mind (Unabridged)
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In this essay from the pages of Scientific American Mind magazine, Do Gays Have A Choice?, psychologist Robert Epstein writes that science has a clear and surprising answer....
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Scientific American, January 2001: Optical Networks
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A pair of articles about optical networks, from Scientific American's January 2001 issue. Gary Stix reports in the article The Triumph of Light about these future networks...
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Scientific American, January 2001: Connections
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Wise and witty James Burke's titles this month's essay Class Acts he ties together Stonehenge, stamps, clear air and tea...
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Scientific American: The Last Word
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James Burke takes an encyclopedic look at wordsmiths, dirty old men, rock hounds, ETs, and the visitor's London in this month's Connections column...
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A Digital Life: Scientific American (Unabridged)
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New systems may allow people to record all that has touched their lives....
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Scientific American, February 2001: Connections
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In this month's Connections, Home from Home, columnist James Burke ties together bodysnatching, mastodons, war, and raincoats...
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Seeking the Connections: Alcoholism and Our Genes: Scientific American (Unabridged)
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Identifying genetic influences on vulnerability to alcohol addicition can lead to more targeted treatments....
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Staying Young: Scientific American Special Edition
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Merely accruing additional years beyond the biblical span of three score and 10 would be unwelcome if they just prolonged suffering from illness....
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Stem Cell Therapies: The Global Race
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The embryonic stem cell could hold the key to cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes....
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Scientific American Presents Nobel Prize Winners: Physics
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Scientific American presents a collection of key scientific essays written by Nobel Prize winners Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, I.I. Rabi, and Leon Lederman...
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Eating to Live: Scientific American Reports
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This edition of Scientific American Reports contains seven articles....
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Why We Eat: Scientific American Mind
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This edition of Scientific American Mind contains seven fascinating articles. First, a look at the psychology of food....
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Scientific American: The Grand Plan
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Hear how James Burke connects the dots between theology, calculus, social satire, locomotives, Napoleon and economics...
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Scientific American, April 2001: Technicalities
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Mark Alpert evaluates the Ricochet wireless modem in the Technicalities column from the April 2001...
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Scientific American, January 2001: Wonders
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Columnists Philip and Phylis Morrison look at the development of the written word some five millennia ago in their article...
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Scientific American, March 2001: The Needy Porcupine
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Columnists Philip and Phylis Morrison look at sodium, salt, and a popular rodent in The Needy Porcupine, from the March 2001 issue of Scientific American...
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Scientific American: Technology and Business, July 2000
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The Technology and Business section of Scientific American looks at sprayon dressings and dissolving bandages as new technologies...
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