PART VI OF VI
SEPTEMBER 19, 2005




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 Issue Two:
PART FIVE OF SIX
A BRAKE ON THE EVER EXPANDING GENOME (By David Secko)

BIOPROSPECTING: A NEW WESTERN BLOCKBUSTER, AFTER THE GOLD RUSH, THE GENE RUSH. (By Corinne Cluis)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (By Caitlin Dowling)

JOURNAL CLUB SELECTION. (Found by Alex Lane)

SQUIRREL FISHING INSTRUCTIONS (By Annie Tomlin)

COMPOSURE (By Claire Salvador)

A DIALOG ON NUCLEAR WARFARE: CHARLES SHAW, HERMAN KAHN AND ME (By Justin Kahn)

HOW THE SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENTS ELUCIDATED IN SCIENCE MAGAZINE WILL AFFECT MY LIFE (VOLUME I) (By Patrick Francis)

HOT SCIENCE-Y GUY OF THE MONTH - KAYSAR RIDHA (By Melissa Bell)

POLIO: ITS STORY... (PART THREE) (By James Weldon)


PART FOUR OF SIX
THAWING OUT NORTHERN MAMMALS.
By Bethany Lindsay

EVOLUTION OF ALCOHOL SYNTHESIS
By P.Z. Myers

ISLET AMYLOID - A CULPRIT IN TYPE 2 DIABETES.
By Agnieszka Klimek

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD
By Angela Genusa

JOURNAL CLUB SELECTION.
Found by David Ng

PROKARYOTES OF AMERICA UNITE.
by Stephen McNeil

MOTHER GOOSE AND THE SCIENTIFIC PEER REVIEW PROCESS.
by David Ng

POEMS.
By Rhea Tregebov

A SIMPLE METHOD FOR RATING POTENTIALLY REVOLUTIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHYSICS.
by John Baez

POLIO: ITS STORY... (PART TWO)
By James Weldon


PART THREE OF SIX
SHORTSTOP PROVIDES HUNTINGTON'S CLUES (By David Secko)

BT CORN: IS IT WORTH THE RISK? (By Hardy Hall)

THE KYOTO PROTOCOL: THE BEST TOOL IN THE BOX? (By Avery Poole)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (By Angela Genusa)

JOURNAL CLUB SELECTION. (Found by Alex Lane)

MONKEY VS. SEA MONKEY: WHICH IS RIGHT FOR YOU? (By Steven Seighman)

5 HOT SCIENCE-Y GUYS. (by Melissa Bell)

THE DEBRIEFING (By Robert Isenberg)

A CREATIONIST FAQ (by Richard Harter)

POLIO: IT'S STORY... (PART ONE) (By James Weldon)


PART TWO OF SIX
WEALTH AS A CANCER RISK (By David Secko)

SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: AN OVERVIEW (By Mario Jardon)

A REVIEW OF "YOUR DISGUSTING HEAD.". (By David Ng)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (By Caitlin Dowling)

JOURNAL CLUB SELECTION. (Found by Alex Lane)

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO DRESS YOUR MONKEY? (By Benjamin Cohen)

INTRODUCTION TO QUANTUM THERMO-EPISTEMOLOGY (By T.J. Nelson)

SOME VENN DIAGRAMS. (By Hugh MacLeod)

SATIRE, SYRACUSE, AND SEA-LEVELS (Mike Rivers-Bowerman)

BOMBYX DISPAR (By Brian Willems)


PART ONE OF SIX:
DOLPHINS SHOW SOME CULTURE. (By David Secko)

HOLLYWOOD VS. SCIENCE: HOW FAR ARE WE FROM INTERSTELLAR TRAVEL? (By James Weldon)

MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS FROM RHODOPHERAX FERRIREDUCENS. (By Mario Jardon)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (By Caitlin Dowling)

JOURNAL CLUB SELECTION. (Found by David Ng)

SEXY UNIVERSE. (By Ronnie Cordova)

INTRODUCING: BABY TALK. (By Russell Bradbury-Carlin)

DESPARATELY SEEKING A MATE FOR GROVER. (By Angela Genusa)

PAT THE DEAN. (By Eric Schulman and Caroline V. Cox)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF MY ON-GOING LOVE AFFAIR WITH SCIENCE. (By Patrick Francis)


Issue One:

PART SIX OF SIX:
THANKS FOR ALL THE BLOOD. (By David Secko)

IN THE NAME OF FAIR GAME... (By Julie Hathaway)

SIZE MATTERS: THE IMPENDING DEATH OF THE Y CHROMOSOME. (By Andrea Lam)

THE COMPASSES OF BIRDS. (By Bethany Lindsay)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

OPEN LETTER TO THE KANSAS SCHOOL BOARD. (By Bobby Henderson)

CHILD'S PLAY. (By Kara Stanley)

SIX DEGREES OF BEING SMALL. (By Trisha Cull)

WHO IS THE GREATEST SCIENTIST OF THEM ALL? (By Patrick Francis)

IMPERATIVE AND INDIFFERENCE. (By Alison Dowsett)


PART FIVE OF SIX:
ASPARAGUS, STINKY PEE, AND SCIENTIFIC CURIOSITY (By Willow King)

DATING OILY ROCK (By David Secko)

THE GIRAFFE: A FAVOURITE TEXTBOOK ILLUSTRATION OF EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES (By Richard Peachey)

RESURRECTING DAMAGED NEURONS: ARE WE FIGHTING A HOPELESS BATTLE? (By Melvin Kwok)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

DEATH: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ATTEMPT AT A DEFINITION (By Justin Kahn)

TRASH TALKIN' AT THE AQUARIUM (By Christopher Monks)

2ND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS (By Claire Salvador)

AFRICAN LION FAMILY OBJECTS TO THEIR PORTRAYAL IN RECENT DISCOVERY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY (By Steve Caldes)

THE GALLON CLUB (By Jonathan Cohen)


PART FOUR OF SIX:
HUNGER IN THE MIDST OF HIV. (By David Secko)

GOLDEN RICE: BACK ON THE BOIL? (by Caitlin Dowling)

LEGAL RIGHTS AND THE MATERNAL-FETAL CONFLICT. (By Linda Tran)

INTRODUCTION TO PHYLOGENETICS. (By Faride Unda)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

THE SECRETS OF PARENTING THAT NO ONE WILL TELL YOU. (By Russell Bradbury-Carlin)

A GAME THEORETIC APPROACH TO THE TOILET SEAT PROBLEM (By Richard Harter)

WHEN CELEBRITIES, WHO HAVE BEEN CLONED IN THE MOVIES, GET TOGETHER FOR A COFFEE. (By David Ng)

THE CRAIGSLIST EUTHANIST THEORY. (By Brian Sack)

PICK A NUMBER BETWEEN ZERO AND INFINITY... (By David J. Chalmers)


PART THREE OF SIX:
LEARNING BY PURE OBSERVATION (by David Secko)

A CHEMIST RESPONDS TO "A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT." (by W. Stephen McNeil)

OF EVOLUTION AND THE BIBLE (by Timon P. H. Buys)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

A SUBMISSION EXPERIMENT (by TSCQ)

PHYSICS ENVY AMONG BIOLOGISTS: FACT OR FICTION? (by T.J. Nelson)

EUPHEMISMS THAT ALSO SOUND LIKE STRANGE TISSUE ENGINEERING PROJECTS (by David Ng)

IN WHICH OUR PROTAGONIST LEARNS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BASE CASE. (by Moebius Stripper)

MYSTERY ORGANISM BAFFLES GIRL ADVENTURER. (by Bethany Lindsay)

HIPPOPOTAMUS (by Carolyn Beckman)


PART TWO OF SIX:
SWEATY SEX (by Bethany Lindsay)

HALF BAKED SCIENCE: A PRIMER ON MEDICINAL CANNABIS (by Ryan N. Philippe)

HEY BABY! I THINK OUR INTERACTION FUNCTIONS WOULD MESH WELL. LET'S DATE (by Clive Glover)

WATCHING THE BIRTH OF THE UNIVERSE: BOOK REVIEW: A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING (by David Secko)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

RANK: ANIMAL ILLNESSES (by Claire Zulkey)

CARTOON FEATURE: EINE KLEINE ZELLE. (by Corinne Hoesli)

PARENTS AS A NARCOTIC (by Russell Bradbury-Carlin)

WHITE LADY (by PZ Myers)

A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT (by Jaime J. Weinman)


PART ONE OF SIX:
A WORTHY CAUSE INDEED (by David Ng)

GRIZZLY BEARS TAKE NORTHERN VACATION (by Bethany Lindsay, photography by Mark Furze)

SCIENCE GETS ITS FIRST SUPERMODEL (by David Secko)

A DIALOGUE WITH SARAH, AGED 3: IN WHICH IT IS SHOWN THAT IF YOUR DAD IS A CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR, ASKING “WHY” CAN BE DANGEROUS (by W. Stephen McNeil)

WHAT IS BIOINFORMATICS? (by Joanne Fox, images by Jiang Long/Jen Philpot)

PHOTO FEATURE: A Photo of a Nice Set of Boobies We Saw at the Museum of Natural History. (by Christopher Monks)

LOTIC (by Claire Salvador)

PATENTS AND INNOVATIONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY: FROM A SATELLITE LOOKING DOWN AT OUR USE OF PATENTS IN THE GREAT PLANETARY SCHEME OF THINGS (by Azar Mehrabadi)

THE BESTEST, MOST KICK ASS, HUMAN GENOME PROJECT (by David Ng)

ELSEWHERE AND OVERHEARD (by Caitlin Dowling)

EINSTEIN AT PRINCETON (by Jonathan Cohen)

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Issue One
introduction
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part ii (pdf)
part iii (pdf)
part iv (pdf)
part v (pdf)
part vi (pdf)

Issue Two
part i (pdf)
part ii (pdf)
part iii (pdf)
part iv (pdf)
part v (pdf)