Science World
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Articles in Oct 18, 2002, issue of Science World
- Name that element! It's the ninth most abundant element in Earth's crust. It's as strong as steel but half as heavy, and you might find it in your braces, bike, even candy! What is it? To find out, grab a periodic table and follow these eight clues. Then
by Lea Winerman - Meet your incredible brain: check out command central for everything you do
by Kathy Kukula - Freeze frame
by Nicole Dyer - Quiz
- Gross out?
by Mona Chiang - Smoking gun: cigarettes are addictive and deadly. So why are teens still smoking?
by John DiConsiglio - Too cool for teeth?
- Exploring ecoregions: if Earth were a giant jigsaw puzzle, one way to see its pieces could be as countries. But scientists also see the pieces as different ecological areas, or ecoregions
- Explain this!
- The lows of getting high: one teen's journey from street corner to jail to recovery
by Cate Baily - Fighting fat: America's new health war
by Nicole Dyer - Tease your brain
- Activities & resources
- Anthrax update: germ-on-germ warfare
by Kim Y. Masibay - The furious storm: one wild hurricane could drown a major American City. Can scientist prevent the disaster in time?
by Larry O'Hanlon - Heads up real news about drugs and your body
- What's a healthy weight?
- Crop circles: real or hoax?
by Victoria Marcinkowski - Blown away