October 2000

October

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

by Eric Haseltine

Bogglers

by Scott Kim

Reviews

Future Tech

What's beyond silicon and fiber optics? Would you believe microprocessors with living brain tissue?
by Mark Sincell

Sky Lights

Calculating the odds of surviving a manned mission to Mars
by Bob Berman

Vital Signs

Mr. Post's escalating fever after a monthlong trip into the bush was not a good sign
by Claire Panosian Dunavan

Works in Progress

Whither the biggest iceberg in recorded history?
by Karen Wright

The Physics of. . . Foul Shots

Why everyone in the NBA ought to be using a granny shot from the foul line
by Curtis Rist

Letters