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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