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Articles in Oct 2000 issue of Discover
- Science Myth - compasses and the 'north magnetic pole' - Brief Article
- Neurocomputers - computers are far from comparable to human brain
by Mark Sincell - Bio Crops - what to expect in 20 years - Brief Article
by Bruce Mccall - Free For All: How Linux And The Free Software Movement Undercut The High-Tech Titans. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Exploring Native North America. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Thar She Blows - remote chance of tsunamis on the East coast - Brief Article
by Kathy A. Svitil - Underhanded Achievement - physics of the underhand free-throw in basketball
by Curtis Rist - Twenty of the greatest blunders in Science in the last twenty years
by Judith Newman - A Rum Affair: A True Story Of Botanical Fraud. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - 20/20 Visions
by Scott Kim - Straight Talk - difficulty in determing alcohol levels by speech - Brief Article
by Fenella Saunders - Much Too Tired - trypanosomiasis case
by Claire Panosian Dunavan - Twenty things that will be obsolete in twenty years
by Eric Haseltine - E= [MC.sup.2]: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS EQUATION. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - re sources
- Robot Watch: Going Robo-Postal - automated mail sorting - Brief Article
by Fenella Saunders - Birth of An Antarctic Super-berg
by Karen Wright - Twenty ideas that will rule research in the next twenty years
- The Two-Headed Boy And Other Medical Marvels. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Quiet, Please! - Brief Article
by Eric Haseltine - Armageddon in a Can - the building of a nuclear fusion machine that will do away the need to test nuclear weapons by explosion - Brief Article
by Sara Pratt - Risky Business - manned flight to Mars - Brief Article
by Bob Berman - Twenty things that Won't change in the next twenty years
by Brad Lemley - Laughter: A Scientific Investigation. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - LETTERS
- Next, The Copier Will Reproduce Popsicles - ice printer creates 3-D models - Brief Article
by Fenella Saunders - Welcome to the future
by Stephen L. Petranek - It's No Illusion - exhibit Magic: The Science of Illusion, California Science Center - Brief Article
by Thomas Fields-Meyer - Leonardo Da Vinci. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - ERRATA
- These Boots Are Made For Galloping - gas-powered boots from Russia - Brief Article
by Eric Powell - Twenty ways the world could end suddenly
by Corey S. Powell - Building Big. - Review - book review
by Fenella Saunders - Leonardo: The First Scientist. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Odor Engineers - bringing the aroma back to inbred flowers - Brief Article
by Josie Glausiusz - Lab-Grown Black Holes - Brief Article
by Kathy A. Svitil - What you'll need to know in twenty years that you don't know now - predictions in technology
by Joseph D'Agnese - Valley Of The Golden Mummies. - Review - book review
by Rabiya S. Tuma - Rube Goldberg: Inventions! - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Bugs in Space - mildew in space stations - Brief Article
by Kathy A. Svitil - ASK THE WIZARD What makes each human voice distinct? RUBY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Brief Article
- Twenty species we may lose in the next twenty years
by JACK McCLINTOCK - Conversation With Mummies: New Light On The Lives Of Ancient Egyptians. - Review - book review
by Rabiya S. Tuma - Stardust: Supernovae And LifeThe Cosmic Connection. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - The Emperor's New Genome? - mapping of the human genome is far from complete, despite press releases to the contrary - Brief Article
by Josie Glausiusz - He Sweats The Small Stuff - Nobel laureate Leon Lederman - Brief Article - Interview
by Fenella Saunders - Twenty Scientists to watch in the next twenty years
by William Speed Weed - The American Heritage Dictionary Of The English Language, Fourth Edition. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell - Blaze: The Forensics Of Fire. - Review - book review
by Eric Powell