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The Internet Is Broken

December 2005

The Net’s basic flaws cost billions, impede innovation, and threaten national security. It’s time for a clean-slate approach.

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The Great Chinese Experiment
China is betting its economic health on becoming a world leader in the sciences. But will it succeed?
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MRI: A Window on the Brain
Advances in brain imaging could lead to improved diagnosis of psychiatric ailments, better drugs, and earlier help for learning disorders.

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- Detecting Blood Loss
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- Virtual Economics
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- Changeable Fingerprint
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The Internet Is Broken

Letter from the editor

Features

The Great Chinese Experiment

MRI: A Window on the Brain

From the Web Editor: Our Big Story

Letters

Traffic Avoidance

Cooler on a Chip

Refrigeration Unplugged

Ceasing Amniocentesis

A Helping Arm

CT Scan to Go

Detecting Blood Loss

Wee Walker

Game Boy Rock

Nano Antenna

Virtual Economics

Changeable Fingerprint

Photo Essay: Dirty Oil

Demo: Sensing Success

Inside the iPod Nano

Q&A: Leonard Guarente

In Google We Trust

The Small Screen

A Tangle of Wires

Newer Math?

Molecularly Driven

Material Alert

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