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Food Irradiation: Will It Keep the Doctors Away?
Every major food and health organization has endorsed food irradiation as a foolproof and safe way to rid our food supply of disease-causing microbes. Then why aren´t we using it?
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November/December 1997
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Strong Medicine
One of the nation´s top health-care executives explains what´s needed to sustain the health of the hospitals that bring us the latest technological advances.
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The Great Unknown: Readers Respond
In July, we asked readers to pick today´s most profound questions of science. The results, tabulated here, show that while the questions are scientific, the process of identifying them is anything but.
Robert Hazen
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The Incrediable Shrinking Transistor
Fifty years ago, researchers at Bell Labs put theory into practice and started a revolution in electronics. Can today´s companies foster the same lively interplay between the practical and the scientific?
Michael Riordan
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High-Tech for Ancient Turtles
Some of the world´s oldest and most remarkable creatures are dying out. Can advanced technologies help rescue the leatherback sea turtle and other endangered animals?
Peter Tyson
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Detecting Earthquakes from Space
Preventing Culture Clash on the World Wide Web
Heavenly Highways for Cyclists
Greener Dry Cleaners
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Forum
The Next Internet Hero
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Insight
Washing a Mirror of the Universe
