Cover Story
The Blow-Up
This summer, as a meltdown in the subprime credit market spilled over into other markets, all eyes were on the mathematically trained financial engineers known as “quants.” Who are these guys? By Bryant Urstadt
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November/December 2007
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Measuring the Polar Meltdown
At a remote outpost in northern Greenland, scientists are attempting to resolve the central mystery of global warming. By David Talbot
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From the Editor
Oppenheimer's Ghost
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Letters
Letters
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Forward
Financial Woes in Second Life
Hidden Hearing Aid
Seals as Sensors
Networking the Hudson
Watching Live Cells
A Better Touch Screen
Watching Wildfires
3-D View of the Brain
Battery Booster
Postglacial Rebound
Better than High-Def
Featured Startup: EveryScape
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Graphic Novel
Mission to Mars: A True Story
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Fiction
Steve Fever
The Interoperation
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Hack
Google Earth
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Q&A
William Hurlbut
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Notebooks
On Quants
Friend Spam
Sea-Level Riddle
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Reviews
Trivial Pursuits
A Genetic Test for Diabetes Risk
The Talk of the Town: You
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Demo
Virus-Built Electronics
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From the Labs
Nanotechnology
Information Technology
Biotechnology
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19 Years Ago in TR
The Bonfire of the Automated Trading Strategies
