January 2001

The Year of the Genome

The End of a Great Mystery—The Real Beginning of Biology

by Matt Ridley

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January

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

by Eric Haseltine

Bogglers

by Scott Kim

Reviews

Future Tech

You, too, can be a supersleuth with a few quick clicks of a mouse
by Simson Garfinkel

Sky Lights

A preview of the coming year in astronomy, ready to clip to the fridge
by Bob Berman

Vital Signs

The patient's symptoms resembled a backache, but their cause might prove far more deadly
by Tony Dajer

Works in Progress

Can science turn back the hands of time? Legendary beauties go in for repair?
by Karen Wright

The Physics of . . . Fire

After eons of sputtering research, the science of fire goes into orbit
by Robert Kunzig

Letters