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March

Table of Contents March 2000

Discover Magazine's mission is to enable readers to lead richer lives by explaining and expanding their universe. Each month we bring you in depth information and analysis from various topics ranging from technology and space to the living world we live in.

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A Field Guide to the New Planets

by Kathy A. Svitil

Amazing Worlds beyond our own Solar System

The Pain Is in the Brain

by Curtis Rist, William Duke

The biggest headache for headache researchers has always been: Where does the pain come from? The answer might seem obvious, but it's nothing less than a revolutionary discovery

Vanished Vikings

by Sarah Richardson

For half a millennium, followers of Erik the Red thrived in Greenland and sailed to North America. Then they mysteriously disappeared. Why?

Making a Modern Mummy

by Wendy Marston

Two Egyptologists resurrect a 4,000-year-old tradition--and it works!

Baywatch

by Jack McClintock

They're sexy, smart, sociable, playful, fast, and very independent--no wonder biologist Randall Wells has spent more than 30 years spying on bottlenose dolphins

The Future of Humanoid Robots

Owning your own mechanical servant may happen a lot sooner than you think, say our expert panelists. The big question is: Just how human should they be?