January 1999

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January

Departments

Your Stars for 1999

A total eclipse and sizzling meteors highlight this year's sky watching.
 by Bob Berman

The Nuts and Bolts of Qubits, Part 2

The Nuts and Bolts of Qubits, Part 2
 by David H. Freedman

The Nuts and Bolts of Qubits, Part 1

(If You Really Must Know)
 by David H. Freedman

The Great Quantum Number Cruncher

If someone succeeds in building a quantum computer--and the odds of that look better every day--the information age may never be the same.
 by David H. Freedman

Encore

by Jeffrey Winters

Blood Enemies

by Fenella Saunders

Feathers Don't Make the Bird

by Josh Fischman

Iris ID

by Fenella Saunders

The Genes of 1998

Another year brings us many, many genes closer to understanding the human genetic endowment. Here are a notable few:
 by Josie Glausiusz