Popular Science 1998 - Abstracts

Popular Science 1998
TitleSubjectAuthors
24 hours in space. (an astronaut's day inside a space station)Science and technologyMark D. Uehling
A bridge so far.(Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge)(includes related articles on maintaining US bridges and on protecting bridges from earthquake)(Cover Story)Science and technologyDennis Normile, Frank Vizard
A choker for smokers. (pillars beneath the North Pacific Ocean)Science and technologyDouglas Gantenbein
Animating in 3-D. (Stereo Animation Drawing Device)Science and technologyChristopher Miller
A year wiser. (Katech Inc.)Science and technologyBill Visnic
Battle boat. (US Navy's Mark V)Science and technologyCarol Hoidra
Beefing up food safety. (includes related article on biosensors)Science and technologyGunja Sinha
Birth of a champ car. (engineering and design of racing cars) (includes related article on race car developer Swift Engineering)Science and technologyPeter Lyons
Braking for Mars. (landing of the Mars Global Surveyor on the planet Mars)Science and technologyMichael Carroll
Burster watchers. (astronomical phenomenon)Science and technologyAndrew Chaikin
Cancer vaccines.Science and technologyIngrid Wickelgren
Creatures of the twilight zone. (underwater probes from Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute investigate siphonophores)Science and technologyDon Foley
Firewire: the next connection. (cable standard to allow television connection with computers and telephones)(includes related article on Universe Serial Bus)Science and technologyDavid Elrich
Forecast for El Nino. (includes related article on airborne experiments funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)Science and technologyDouglas Gantenbein
Gene readers. (chips that read genetic blueprints)(includes related articles)(Cover Story)Science and technologyIngrid Wickelgreen
Killer rocks. (collision between Earth and an asteroid)(includes related article regarding the movie 'Deep Impact')Science and technologyPatricia Barnes-Svarney
Microplanes. (tiny spy planes)(Cover Story)Science and technologyJerome Greer Chandler
Missing in action. (use of DNA tests to identify casualties during the Vietnam War)(includes related article on unidentified soldiers and how to analyze mitochondrial DNA in human remains)Science and technologyRalph Watterhahn
Not your family Taurus. (Ford Taurus racing car)Science and technologyJohn McCormick
Our man-made moons. (predecessors of the International Space Station)Science and technologyMichael Carroll, Andrew Chaikin
Popular Science the best of what's new: 100 of the year's greatest achievements in science & technology.Science and technologyMariette Dichristina
Secret Soviet spacecraft.(Cover Story)Science and technologyJames Oberg
Seek and you shall find? (NEC Research Institute's study on Internet search engines)Science and technologyMatt Richtel
Sight my fire. (fire sensor)Science and technologyDouglas Page
Space jalopy. (accidents on space station Mir)Science and technologyPhilip Chien
Test-driving the future. (Chrysler Corp's concept cars)Science and technologyJohn McCormick
The house that beats hurricanes. (house in Charleston, SC)Science and technologyJack Kneece
The international space station: striding toward the future.Science and technologyDaniel S. Goldin
The nose knows. (gas leak detector)Science and technologyDouglas Page
The right stuff - again. (second space flight of John Glenn)Science and technologyJim Schefter
The sum of its parts. (construction of a space station by NASA)Science and technologyJim Schefter
Think fast! (race car simulator at the Human Performance International in Daytona Beach, Florida)(includes related article on measuring cornering loads)Science and technologyPeter Lyons
Tomb rover. (Pioneer robot from RedZone Robotics)Science and technologyMatt Richtel
Toolbox of champions. (innovative tools)Science and technologyJeff Csatari
Urban rainforest: an African jungle comes to life on New York's west side.(diorama of Central African Republic's Dzanga-Ndoki Rainforest in Manhattan, New York)Science and technologyBob Sillery
Walk on the wild side. (spacewalking practice by astronauts)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
Why build a space station? (with related articles about Boeing's program and Russia's view)Science and technologyWilliam E. Burrows
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