February 2001

The End is Near

The remarkable journey of a tough little space probe to the place where killer asteroids lurk

by Kathy A. Svitil

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February

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

by Eric Haseltine

Bogglers

by Scott Kim

Reviews

Future Tech

Sleek carbon nanotubes could be the greatest thing since sliced silicon
by Ivan Amato

Sky Lights

How to read a picture, in well under 1,000 words
by Bob Berman

Vital Signs

A teenager's stomachache proves a diagnostic puzzle—and a cautionary tale
by Sheri Fink

Works in Progress

When you're standing on Idaho, is it really Australia?
by Karen Wright

The Biology of . . . Skin Color

The evolution of race was as simple as the politics of race is complex
by Gina Kirchweger

Letters