| Popular Science 2003 |
| Title | Subject | Authors |
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| Can Sen. science fix our tech woes?(NewsFiles)(Q&A)(The U.S. Government gives out more than $100 billion a year for scientific research, and no one has more to say about who gets it than Sen. George Allen [R-Va.]. The Senate's chief Republican fundraiser and a rising political star, Allen is also a key member of the powerful Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space--and, at press time, widely expected to become its next chairman.)(Interview) | Science and technology | Ben Harder |
| Dawn of the airborne laser.(Science fiction no longer: The Air Force is readying the first airborne laser weapon, which could be used to intercept Scud missiles. Mark Farmer takes you inside the project.)(Cover Story) | Science and technology | Mark Farmer |
| Deja moon.(several countires are planning unmanned trips to the Moon) | Science and technology | Larry O'Hanlon |
| Electrical glitch makes satellite blow its cover.(scientists work to reinvent NASA's Wide Field Infrared Explorer satellite) | Science and technology | Dan Carney |
| Fake MD kills sim patient.(Medical Simulation Corp.'s SimSuite helps train doctors are treating patients suffering from a heart attack) | Science and technology | Dawn Stover |
| Ford builds a Ferrari-beater.(Ford is developing a new GT40) | Science and technology | Don Sherman |
| Greentime in America?(in America, homebuilders are focusing on environmentally friendly technology) | Science and technology | Charles Wardell |
| Hard evidence.(a week at the National Forensic Academy) | Science and technology | Jessica Snyder Sachs |
| Here is the church, here is the -- watch out!(a discussion of how Gustavus Adolphus College saved the steeple on its Christ Chapel) | Science and technology | |
| How high will the build?(World-beating skyscraper engineering isn't dead. Across the Pacific, new technology is feverishly being deployed to set records.)(Industry Overview) | Science and technology | Ron Gluckman |
| In the spirit of the Wright brothers 1903-2003.(a discussion of Paul MacCready, whose AeroVironment designs unmanned aerial vehicles)(Biography) | Science and technology | Carl Hoffman |
| Into the dangerous, green night.(training with advanced night-vision technology provides an added edge for the U.S. military) | Science and technology | Eric Adams |
| It takes tech to tango.(a Swedish housing complex is wired and ecologically sound) | Science and technology | Raul Barreneche |
| Mobile phones get the picture.(an evaluation of several mobile phones that offer picture-taking capabilities) | Science and technology | Suzanne Kantra Kirschner |
| My 1,500-horsepower brake job.(big brakes are often more important than a big engine) | Science and technology | Stephan Wilkinson |
| On the seas in a tippy needle of a boat.(a discussion of using a kayak) | Science and technology | Stephan Wilkinson |
| Pixel-perfect digital clones are ready for their close-ups.(Esc Entertainment handled the visual effects for the upcoming 'Matrix' sequels) | Science and technology | Nicole Dyer |
| Print me a pancreas, please.(using printer technology to build three-dimensional tissue) | Science and technology | Michael Stroh |
| Putting odds on armageddon.(NASA is working to identify 90% of the asteroids and comets that pose a threat to the Earth over the next 100 years) | Science and technology | Gregory Mone |
| Red rover, red rover.(spacecraft are being developed for NASA's two planned Mars expeditions) | Science and technology | Michael Moyer |
| Sally has 2 mommies and 1 daddy.(and other side effets of experimentation on unborn children in the underregulated world of high-tech fertility treatments)(Industry Overview) | Science and technology | Rebecca Skloot |
| Saving lives at 17,600 feet.(emergency physician Luanne Freer helps set up a clinic to treat people with high-altitude health emergencies)(Interview) | Science and technology | Jenny Everett |
| Shoot to not kill.(the U.S. military is developing advanced nonlethal weapons) | Science and technology | Eric Adams |
| Snow, spam & space rocks.(adventure q&a)(They're all in a day's work for Paul Sipiera)(interview with planetary geologist)(Interview) | Science and technology | Martha Harbison |
| Soldier meds: are they safe?(the FDA clears a risky anti-nerve-gas pill) | Science and technology | Rebecca Skloot |
| Space shuttle: the next generation.(NASA considers proposals for next-generation space shuttles)(Cover Story) | Science and technology | Bill Sweetman |
| Suddenly, a wealth of camcorder choices.(five camcorders offer interesting features) | Science and technology | Suzanne Kantra Kirschner |
| The dicey art of extreme rescue.(Our man was a Coast Guard swimmer in the 1980s. Oh, how the tech has changed) | Science and technology | Mark Farmer |
| The power and the beauty.(a comparison of several new digital cameras) | Science and technology | |
| The revolution will not be piloted.(several unmanned aerial vehicles are profiled)(Industry Overview) | Science and technology | Ramon Lopez |
| The smart paint patrol.(NewsFiles)(materials science)(searching for coatings that change colors and touch themselves up) | Science and technology | Martha Harbison |
| The ultimate exterminator.(a scientist works on a "selfish" gene to eliminate an entire species of insects) | Science and technology | Gregory Mone |
| This month's challenge: talk to the aliens -- and our distant descendants.(two groups are trying to encode a message of complex ideas in a simple enough way that unknown civilizations could decipher it) | Science and technology | Michael Moyer |
| Top performers when the top is up.(an evaluation of the speed and insulation of six convertibles) | Science and technology | Dan Carney |
| Unleashing the beast in your coat pocket.(a programmer figures out how to use the computing capabilities of a cellphone) | Science and technology | Paul Wallich |
| Water vapor almost busts dam.(Mission Critical: what happens when key technology fails)(TestPages)(A strange phenomenon was shredding Glen Canyon Dam. Here's how it was saved.) | Science and technology | Brian Fortner |
| Welcome to the dollhouses of death.(Tom Mauriello uses dioramas to teach crime scene investigation techniques) | Science and technology | Jessica Snyder Sachs |
| When carmakers make bicycles... .(a profile of several bicycles produces by carmakers including Jeep and BMW) | Science and technology | Jenny Everett |
| You, deep sea explorer.(TestPages)(At the controls )(Little hercules ROV)(Robert Ballard's latest initiative puts a remote-control ROV at your fingertips--and America's little-seen underwater national parks in full view) | Science and technology | Trevor Thieme |
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