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Articles in April 1996 issue of Discover

• Flipping neutrinos - solar neutrino counts related magnetic effects of the solar wind - Brief Article
• Ten myths of population
  by Joel E. Cohen
• Clam dancing - coquina clams can propel themselves out from shore on a wave - Brief Article
• Shark therapy - sharks endangered by global market for cartilage, promoted as cancer cure
  by Catherine Dold
• The bigon - April Fool hoax article about a fundamental particle the size of a bowling ball - Brief Article
• A thousand diving robots
  by Robert Kunzig
• Carbon capital of the galaxy - solar system has more carbon than other observed parts of the galaxy
  by Jeffrey Winters
• The antimatter mission - satellite will search for antimatter in the universe
  by Gary Taubes
• Beetle of burden
  by Carl Zimmer
• The end of the self - immunologist Polly Matzinger contests the self/nonself model of the immune system
  by Sarah Richardson
• We are all Panamanians - formation of Isthmus of Panama may have started a series of climatic changes that led to evolution of hominids
  by Kathy A. Svitil
• An invisible fire - chemical burn from hydrofluoric acid - Vital Signs
  by Jeremy Brown
• Planets, planets, everywhere - planets discovered orbiting distant stars
  by Jeffrey Winters
• Cia Esp - the CIA's experimental phsychic program - light elements
  by Jeffrey Kluger
• Just a coincidence? - cosmic events may or may not be related - Night Watchman
  by Bob Berman
• Tyrannosaurus wrecks - tyrannosaurus may not have been able to survive tripping and falling at high speeds - Brief Article
• It's the pits - wavelet analysis may enable real-time monitoring of corrosion - Science Classics - article in comic strip form
  by Larry Gonick