COMPUTING SCIENCE
Sorting Out the Genome
Brian Hayes
To put your genes in order, flip them like pancakes
MACROSCOPE
Modern Cosmology: Science or Folktale?
Michael J. Disney
Current cosmological theory rests on a disturbingly small number of independent observations
SIGHTINGS
Circular Logic
Felice Frankel
Volvelles, the precursors to computational visualization tools, reveal information in aesthetically pleasing and effective ways
MARGINALIA
The Undiscovered Country
Robert Dorit
The statistics of death show leaps in modern life expectancy but fail to answer the question: Why do we die?
ENGINEERING
The Cantilever *
Henry Petroski
Galileo's canted lever set the stage for the Grand Canyon Skywalk