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Popular Science 1996
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Subject
Authors
A plague on all our houses. (infectious diseases)(Includes related articles)
Science and technology
Robert Cooke
A real bullet train.
Science and technology
Ray Nelson
A wake-up call from Kobe. (building codes against earthquakes)(includes related article on California's building code)
Science and technology
Denis Normile
Batman! (bat expert Merlin Tuttle) (includes related articles on little known facts about bats, their sonar system and how to make a bat box)
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Robert Gannon
Body basics. (information on the human body)
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William L. Thieriot
Bomb stoppers. (structural design for anti-terrorism)
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Steve Nadis
Booster rocket blues. (China's Long March booster rocket)(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)
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Frank Vizard
Brave new electronic transactions. (electronic cash)
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Robin Nelson
Breaking the skin barrier. (research on transdermal drug delivery systems)(includes related article on innovative drug delivery systems)
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Ingrid Wickelgren
Can NASA be saved from itself?
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Freeman J. Dyson
CDC - disease central for the whole world. (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Robert Cooke
Driver's edge: an IndyCar driver describes the delicate balance of high technology and a racer's instinct.(Cover Story)
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Tony Swan, Bobby Rahal
Driver's edge. (Indianapolis 500 automobile race)
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Tony Swan, Bobby Rahal
ENIAC: the birth of the information age. (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
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Gregory C. Farrington
Essential technology guide: education. (the role of computers and the Internet in present education system)
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Essential technology guide. (to the Olympics)
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Robin Nelson
Fall home remodeling ideas.(Special Advertising Section)
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Far-out museums. (unusual museums)
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Judith Anne Gunther
Fire of the dragon: China's missiles are its new force of arms.(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)
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Mark Farmer
Get set for the super disc. (includes related article on digital videodisc standards for CD-ROMS)
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Dennis Normile
Happier landings. (Global Positioning System-based landing system)
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Robert Langreth
How safe is your water? (includes related articles)
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Mark D. Uehling
Indy Car '96: a race to the finish. (background on the Indy Car race program)(Special Advertising Section.)
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Michael Morris Killanin Lord
Jaguar XK8: the return of a legend.
Science and technology
Ken Gross
Letter from China: tilting toward prosperity.(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)
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Donald Shanor, Constance Shanor
Lithium-ion hits the road. (lithium-ion car batteries)
Science and technology
Dennis Normile
Microwave Doppler foils thieves.
Science and technology
D. Scott
Missy in action. (mountain biker Missy Giove)
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Richard Needham
Mr. Potato-head: future astronaut. (potatoes as oxygen producers)
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Michael Carroll
New directions for GPS. (Global Positioning System)(includes related article on the Magellan GPS 4000 receiver and the GPS plus GLONASS)
Science and technology
Frank Vizard
New Year's view. (Panasonic Co.'s Astrovision Giant Display Screen)
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Hank Schlesinger
Our cosmic 'hood. (the solar system)
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Mariette DiChristina, William Thieriot
Outward bound. (includes related article on the downsized spacecraft of the New Millenium program)
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Jim Schefter
Pay dirt. (soil research)
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Ingrid Wickelgren
Plunder goes high tech. (China's software piracy business)(Special Issue: China Science & Technology)
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Stephen A. Booth
Power houses. (solar cells for house roofs)
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Judith Anne Gunther
Private numbers. (telephone communication)
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Mark Uehling
Recombinant detergent.
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Alan Zibel
Satellite TV comes down to Earth. (includes related articles on how to buy satellite TV, on-screen menus and TV signal piracy)
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Stephen Booth
Shopping the Net. (Internet)(includes related article)
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Louis Ericson
Small wonders: the tiniest phones. (cellular phones)(Evaluation)
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Suzanne Kantra Kirschner
Stealth Comanche. (attack helicopter)
Science and technology
Bill Sweetman
The body builders. (tissue engineering)
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Edward Edelson
The electric experience. (General Motors Corp.'s EV1 electic car)
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Ron Cogan
The great balloon race.(competition to complete the first around-the-world balloon voyage)
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Robert Gannon
The last harvest. (seed samples stored at the National Seed Storage Laboratory of the Colorado State University)
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Paul Raeburn
The next energy crisis? (efficient energy use vs. producing more power)
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Amory Lovins, Hunter Lovins
The next home computer. (personal computers)
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Treasure islands. (Kuril Archipelago islands in Japan)
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Katie Sauter
Unplugged! (improvements in battery powered tools)(includes related article on the "one battery fits all" concept in power tools)
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Judy Anne Gunther
VentureStar: 21st century space shuttle. (includes related article on space launchers)(Cover Story)
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Bill Sweetman
Warfare in the information age. (military technology)
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Tony Capaccio, Mary Greczyn
Why airplanes crash. (includes related articles)
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Jerome Greer Chandler
Window on the open ocean. (Monterey Bay Aquarium, California)
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Mary Miller
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