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No. 229, December 8, 2002


Feature

Food for Thought
Dietary change was a driving force in human evolution

By William R. Leonard, Scientific American


Ideas

Scientists to Put Squeeze on Pimple Problem

Theory casts doubt on whether red planet ever had oceans

Asteroids prompted Martian flash floods


Book

Reinventing the Wheel
by Jessica Helfand


Creatives at Play

Gizmo

WordGizmo

"Welcome to America" Brainline


Creative Animals

Mud-Loving Microbes May Aid in Manufacture of Nanoelectronics


Discovery

Aromatherapy, lights soothe dementia
 

Creatives at Work

Professor calculates pi to 1.24 trillion places

Men are mice: thereby hangs a tail

New Material Will Allow Plastic Transistors

Copying Pot to Combat the Blues

Sugar Genes Make Rice Crops Sturdier


Intellectual Property

A Battle Over a Slogan Helps Keep Austin Weird

 

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