Popular Science 1997 - Abstracts

Popular Science 1997
TitleSubjectAuthors
21st century Corvette.(includes related excerpt from 'All Corvettes Are Red')Science and technologyDon Sherman, Jim Shefter
21st century refrigerator. (new efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers)Science and technologyWilliam G. Phillips
Antarctic meltdown: polar vision: two scientific camps disagree on how quickly the southern ice cap could melt.(includes related articles)(Cover Story)Science and technologyBeth Livermore
Assault on the red planet: in search of life, spacecraft head for Mars.(Cover Story)Science and technologyMichael Carrol
Audi A4 takes five. (an automobile with five-valves-per cylinder-engine)Science and technologyBob Sillery
Building materials: a stucco issue. (defects of the exterior insulation and finish systems)Science and technologyCharlie Wardell
Cable TV strikes back. (efforts to become digital)Science and technologyJonathan Takiff
Computing's big picture. (interview with Compaq's CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer on digital interactive TV)(Interview)Science and technology 
Counting 6LL3. (genetic cloning of sheep)Science and technologyMark D. Uehling
Cousteau remembered. (French ocean explorer, inventor, author and environmentalist Jacques-Yves Cousteau)Science and technologySylvia Earle
Destination: space. (Shiela E. Windall, former secretary of the Air Force)(Interview)Science and technology 
Drive by wire: testing an automated highway, we buckle up in a Buick that drives itself.Science and technologyRon Cogan
Essay. (a fictional letter written by a 14-year-old boy on Dec. 1, 2046)Science and technology 
Eye scans for ATMs. (automated teller machines)Science and technologySharon Parmet
Fast forward. (Sony Corp. President Nobuyuki Idei)(Interview)Science and technologyDennis Bud Gray
Flat TV arrives: a new technology yields thin TVs light enough to hang on a wall.Science and technologyDennis Normile
Flight 800: anatomy of an investigation. (investigations of the ValuJet DC-9 and TWA Flight 800)(includes related article of salvage operations)(Cover Story)Science and technologyGary Stoller
Frogs in peril. (dead and deformed frogs spell trouble for humans)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
Frozen fuel. (frozen gas hydrates under the ocean)Science and technologyJudith Ann Gunther
Gain from the drain. (electric hot water production using GFX heat-recovery system)Science and technologyCharles Wardell
Geothermal steps outside. (geothermal heat and pump systems)(Editorial)Science and technologyJudith Anne Gunther
Gigatrends for the next half-century.Science and technologyLevi M. Tillemann-Dick
Hiding in plane sight. (visual stealth technology)Science and technologyBill Sweetman, Steve Douglass
Home remodeling ideas. (includes related articles)(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Home remodeling ideas.(Special Advertising Section)Science and technology 
Incident at Black Rock. (Craig Breedlove's attempt to break the sound barrier on land)Science and technologyPeter Brock
Independent fridges. (Sunpower Inc.'s Stirling cycle cooler used for Global Cooling BV's solar powered refrigerator)(Appliances)Science and technologyRichard Babyak
Jazzy quartet. (evaluation of Mercedes Benz SLK230, BMW Z3 2.8, Porsche Boxster, Chevrolet Corvette)(Evaluation)Science and technologyDon. Sherman
Lethal force? Airbags aren't the final solution to keeping you alive in a crash.Science and technologyDaniel McCosh
More than just a boob tube: digital TVs will have a wider, clearer picture and surround sound.(Here Comes Digital TV, part 2)Science and technologyStephen Booth
Nobody's perfect: The latest products are being designed for people who are far from average.Science and technologyLaura Herbst
Outdoors. (outdoor gear)(Essential Technology Guide)Science and technologyDouglas Gantenbein
Race paving 101. (race track construction)Science and technology 
Racing simulations: armchair adrenaline. (software by Papyrus, MicroProse Software Inc. and Microsoft Corp.)Science and technologyRobin Nelson
Reaching for the rings: the biggest, best, and the last of NASA's superships, Cassini takes off for Saturn. (includes related article)Science and technologyJim Schefter
Sabers of light: new laser weapons breathe life into an old Star Wars plan for missile defense.Science and technologyFrank Vizard, Mark Farmer
Second chance for Biosphere. (Biosphere 2 project)Science and technologyGreg Maxson
Spies in the xerox machine: how an engineer helped the CIA snoop on Soviet diplomats. (Central Intelligence Agency)Science and technologyDan Stover
Stone age kin. (a Briton's relationship with a 9,000-year-old skeleton is established through mitochondrial DNA)Science and technology 
The Body Farm. (includes related article on chronology of decomposition)Science and technologyRobert Gannon
The invisible world. (disease-causing organisms in the microscopic world)Science and technology 
The plight of the bumblebee: with bees and other pollinators disappearing at an alarming rate, our fruits and vegetables may be in jeopardy. (includes a related article on pollinators and the food we eat)Science and technologyDouglas McInnis
Thermoplastic cars.Science and technology 
The sound of fury. (engine problems plague Indy Racing League's stock-block V8 contests)Science and technology 
Weather's new outlook. (use of Doppler radar, satellites, and ground-based observing systems for weather forecasting)(includes related articles on National Weather Service funding and the rainmakers)(Cover Story)Science and technologyJim Reed
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