Discover - August 2008 (CAN/USA)
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OBO-GECKO . TURBULENCE . AN INSANITY VACCINE? COVER
THE SCIENCE WE
DON'T SEE
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GOOGLE'S
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ARE WATCHIN
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TIME
YOUR DAILY DOSE OF
MICROWAVES, MICROBES,
AND MORE
THE BLACK HOLE
FACTORY
THE BUSINESS OF BUBBLES
LYING
CAN THE
BRAIN DROWN I...
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I N V I S I B L E PLANET
Our annual look at the hidden forces that impact us, the mysteries of our minds,
what really exists in the vast pockets of emptiness in the universe, and more. Once
again DISCOVER illustrates how insight may often be more valuable than eyesight in
under...
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“ CONTRIBUTORS”
(page 5)
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SUELLEN PARKER ("Stop the Madness,"
page 48) is an illustrator who displays her
art at the Stefan Stux Gallery in N...
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“ MAIL”
(page 8)
MAIL
D u e l i n g L e s s o n s F r om Duesberg
This is to congratulate you for having the
courage to expose one of the greatest
scandals In modern science ["Peter's Principles,"
June]. In a truly scientific discussion,
critical views would be welcome and
encouraged. The fact that people ...
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“ DATA ALZHEIMER'S MARKS”
(page 9)
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Marker
This A-beta peptide
fibril has been
rendered in 3-D by a
transmission electron
microscope, providing
the most detailed
look yet at the telltale
sign of Alzheimer's
disease. While we still
do not know just how
Alzheimer's progresses
or what role the fibrils
play, they a...
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“ VITAL SIGNS- H. Lee/ Kahan”
(page 17)
VITAL SIGNS
A patient's abdominal
pain challenges clinic
care in post-Katrina
New Orleans.
By H. Lee Kagan
The case was s t r a i g h t f o r w a r d , exactly
what we needed on a busy morning. A
40-year-old construction worker had
given me a history that sounded as if he
had reviewed t...
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THE REAL WORLD AND THE VIRTUAL. BY STEPHEN CASS
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THE BRAIN
Feel like you're racing
against the clock? Turns
out it's all in your head.
Studies show that the
brain can reverse, speed,
and even slow time.
BY CARL ZIMMER
Whenever I lose my watch, I t a k e my
sweet time to get a new one. I savor the
freedom from my compulsion to carve
m...
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“ WHAT FILLS THE EMPTINESS?- Tim Folger”
(page 25)
INVISIBLE PLANET
BY TIM FOLGER
When the next revolution rocks physics, chances are it will
be about nothing-the vacuum, that endless Infinite void. In
a discipline where the stretching of time and the warping of
space are routine working assumptions, the vacuum remains
a sort of cosmic koan...
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“ NO PLACE TO HIDE- Sharon Weinberger”
(page 32)
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BY SHARON WEINBERGER
In a generic-looking glass and concrete office building just a few
miles from Washington Dulles International Airport, an independent
company is-with the full blessing of the government-helping
to peel away the last earthly vestiges of cold war secrecy.
Unlike Beltway...
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