August 2003

Star Trek

NASA thinks we can find another Earth in another nearby star. When we do, how can we possibly travel light-years to get there? It might not be as hard as you'd think . . .

by William Speed Weed, Illustrations by Don Foley

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August

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

Why your brain routinely breaks its own rules
by Eric Haseltine

Bogglers

In Living Color
by Scott Kim

Reviews

Sky Lights

Never again in your lifetime will the Red Planet be so spectacular
by Bob Berman

Vital Signs

New thinking about an old disease
by Robert A. Norman

The Physics of . . . Skipping Stones

The gravity-conquering grace of a well-thrown rock has inspired bomb makers, aircraft designers, and physicists—not to mention countless idle hands
by Cameron Walker, Photographs by Jeff Wilson

Emerging Technology

Are you ready for computers that speed up the process of evolution and teach themselves to think?
by Steven Johnson

Discover Dialogue: Virologist David Baltimore

The danger of getting sick from this disease in the United States is trivial
by Kathy A. Svitil

Letters