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September

Table of Contents September 2006

Discover Magazine's mission is to enable readers to lead richer lives by explaining and expanding their universe. Each month we bring you in depth information and analysis from various topics ranging from technology and space to the living world we live in.

FEATURES

From the Burns Archive: The Deadly Rays That Cured Cancer

by Susan Kruglinski

Return of the Aral Sea

by Eve Conant

The desiccation of a remote island lake in Central Asia is one of the world's worst ecological disasters. Now, with an $85 million engineering project, the doomed sea is coming back to life.

The Buzz on NASA

by Kathy A. Svitil

The Apollo 11 pioneer charts a radical course back into space.

CSI: Jurassic

by Jack Hitt

It takes the eye of an osteopath to diagnose the afflictions and affections of the dinosaur world.

The Discover Interview: David Baltimore

by Susan Kruglinski

The retiring president of Caltech delivers some straight talk on AIDS research, celebrity science, and his role in one of the most talked-about fraud scandals of the past 25 years.

The Future of NASA

by David H. Freedman

Michael Griffin is gearing NASA up to build a moon base. Is he paving the way to Mars or jeopardizing the future of American space exploration?

DEPARTMENTS

Natural Selections

Natural Selections: The Potential Pandemic You've Never Heard Of

by Mary C. Pearl

How the connections between pigs, bats, and people could threaten your health.

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Death

by LeeAundra Temescu

Newsflash: we're all going to die. But here are 20 things you didn't know about kicking the bucket.

Blinded By Science

Blinded by Science: Hawking's Exit Strategy

by Bruno Maddox

Why is one of the thinking community's heavy hitters dabbling in doomsday prophecy?

Jaron's World

Jaron's World: The Murder of Mystery

by Jaron Lanier

How Silicon Valley joined the superstitious fringe as the enemy of open inquiry.

Vital Signs

Vital Signs: Trouble in the Nursery

by Pamela Grim

The dog provides a clue to a family's puzzling seizures.

Reviews

String theory comes under attack, a geneticist muses on God, and the demise of high-tech trash. Plus: Buckminster Fuller's portable, collapsible house.

Letters

Readers debate the motives of terrorists, vegetarianism, and the hottest physicist on the planet.

Raw Data

Raw Data: Do Brothers Make You Gay?

by Stephen Ornes

Boys with older brothers are more likely to be gay. But is it nurture or nature?

Map

Map: X-Ray Vision Shows How a Galaxy Cluster Grows

by Jessica Ruvinsky

New X-ray data unveils the dynamics of galaxy cluster Abell 3266.

Peer Review

Peer Review: Invading Our Own Privacy