January 2003

January

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

Why the brain gets tricked by optical illusions
by Eric Haseltine, Illustration by Matt Zang

Bogglers

by Scott Kim

Reviews

Sky Lights

Everything you need to know about the sky in 2003
by Bob Berman

Works in Progress

How do migrating birds know where to go?
by Karen Wright

Vital Signs

Why does this young woman's head pound when she puts on her shoes?
by Paul Austin

The Mathematics of . . . Artificial Speech

Two centuries of tinkering finally produce a sweet-talking machine
by Alan Burdick

Letters