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Table of Contents November 1999

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FEATURES

Under the Volcano

by Jack McClintock

Look out Tacoma and Seattle. Majestic Mount Rainier is overdue for a shattering and deadly eruption

The Future of Computers A Discover roundtable Discussion

by Edward F. Redish

Our guru panelists say you're headed toward a revolutionary new relationship with your PC.Ooops! What PC? Who needs a keyboard, a clunky old CPU, and a monitor when you can connect to the Internet through a tiny telephone implanted in your head?

The Natural History of Art

Beauty is not just in the eye of the beholder. It's embedded in our genes

Bruckner's Anatomy

by Will Hively

A physical therapist's stunning discovery that your two feet may not be alike. And that's why they hurt

Under the Volcano

by Jack McClintock

Look out Tacoma and Seattle. Majestic Mount Rainier is overdue for a shattering and deadly eruption

DISCOVER Roundtable-The Startling Future of Computers

Connect to the Internet through a tiny telephone implanted in your head?

Antarctica's Hot Spot

by Mary Roach, Gary Braasch

Braving hurricane winds and 40-foot waves, scientists struggle to unerstand Antarctic warming.

DEPARTMENTS

by Paul Wallich

Sometimes a new 'wonder drug' is only a wonder drug because physicians do not yet know its potential to harm'

by Scott Kim, Bridget Copley, Terry Stickels

Lascaux cave is closed to visitors, but a replica, Lascaux II, captures a glimpse of early man's soul

by Stewart Massad

A couple with HIV who long for their own child muster the courage to face the consequences

DATA

The Physics of ... Ballet

by Robert Kunzig

Spin Doctoring: Ballet can be more beautiful if you've read a little Newton

The Soils of War

A rat brain directs a robotic arm.

Cooking Ourselves

Terrorists in the Garden

The Camera Takes Paintings

The Opposite of Pain

Titan's Secret Seas

Brave, Braver, Bravest

by Stewart Massad

A couple with HIV who long for their own child muster the courage to face the consequences

by Bob Berman

If the heavens line up just right, this month we'll be treated to the greatest show off Earth

Concrete Progress

No Smarts in Mozart

Bullet With a Name On It

Robot Watch-Claw

The Physics of... Ballet

Spin Doctoring: Ballet can be more beautiful if you've read a little Newton

Interview: Frans de Waal

Pot Helps an Imbalanced Mind

Mother of All meteors

by Bob Berman

If the heavens line up just right, this month we'll be treated to the greatest show off Earth

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