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January-February 2005 Volume 93, Number 1

Using an electronic metal detector, a technician attempts to find land mines placed near the thousand-year-old Banteay Srei temple in Cambodia. Ground-penetrating radar and mine-sniffing dogs are also frequently employed for such dangerous work, but soon mine-removal experts may benefit from equipment based on nuclear quadrupole resonance, a phenomenon that is similar to nuclear magnetic resonance, which forms the basis of MRI imaging. ...

FEATURE ARTICLES

Grass-roots Justice in Tanzania *

Brian Paciotti, Craig Hadley, Christopher Holmes, Monique Mulder

Cultural evolution and game theory help to explain how a history of cooperation influences the success of social organizations

The Star-formation History of the Universe *

Different formation histories of large and small galaxies affected the rate at which stars were produced

Explosives Detection with Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance

Joel Miller, Geoffrey Barrall

An emerging technology will help to uncover land mines and terrorist bombs

Exercise Controls Gene Expression *

P. Darrell Neufer, Frank Booth

The activity level of skeletal muscle modulates a range of genes that produce dramatic molecular changes—and keep us healthy

The Home of Blue Water Fish *

A. Peter Klimley, John Richert, Salvador Jorgensen

Rather than singly inhabiting the trackless ocean, pelagic fish species travel together in groups, which migrate between hidden, productive oases

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SCIENTISTS’ BOOKSHELF

The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman, Origins, Ultimate Robot and more...

David Schneider, Roger Harris, Amos Esty

The Architecture and Design of Man and Woman, Origins, Ultimate Robot and more...

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DEPARTMENTS

COMPUTING SCIENCE

Finding unique sequences in finite name and number sets is becoming increasingly difficult

SIGHTINGS

How "How It Works" Works

Frank O'Connell of the New York Times discusses his drawings for the newspaper's technology features

MARGINALIA

Will We Stop at Nothing?

Science and popular culture mix in Brazil's Carnaval

ENGINEERING

Industrial Origami *

Folding newspapers can be seen as a metaphor for using engineering to solve practical problems

SCIENCE OBSERVER

Living in Sunny Times

David Schneider

Recent solar activity appears to have been unusually vigorous

Lessons from Wounded Flies

Christopher R. Brodie

A fruit-fly model of wound healing parses a complex process

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Rocking Heavy Metal

Tempest in a Porcelain Teapot

The Origins of AIDS?

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