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50 Years in Space
by Douglas L. Smith
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Auctioning off the FCC’s Crown Jewels
by Elisabeth Nadin
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When Cells of a Feather Don’t Flock Together
by Marcus Woo
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Ad Astra per GALCIT
by Douglas L. Smith
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From the Lab to the Gallery
Getting Nanowired
Four More American Scientists Stamps
Dances with DNA
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Caltech Connects with Local Classrooms
Martian Avalanches
Marketing Gets into Your Head
The Planet Hunter
Annenberg Groundbreaking | And Schlinger, Too.

Obituaries:

Seymour Benzer
David C. Elliot
Herbert B. Keller

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Letter from the Editor
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From Rockets to Spacecraft: Making JPL a Place for Planetary Science
by Erik M. Conway
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The Fall and Rise (and Fall?) of Life on Mars
by Douglas L. Smith
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Voyager's Odyssey
by Marcus Woo
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What Lies Beneath
by Douglas L. Smith
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Snatching Some Sun
by Marcus Woo
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A Chronology of JPL Spacecraft
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A Space-time Symphony
Mars Rovers: The Next Generation
NuSTAR ReNued
Hot and Steamy
Cosmic Dust in the Wind

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Serious Fun at the Outdoor Science Lab
Mira, Mira
Flight of the Phoenix
Dopamine Economics
Getting at the Core
Into the Blogosphere
Weathering the Storm
A Curious Premiere
Engineering for the Bottom of the Pyramid

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Rocking the Vote
by Elisabeth Nadin
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Knowing What You Like
by Marcus Woo
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A History of OVRO: Part II
by Marshall H. Cohen
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Obituaries:

John Todd

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He's a Keeper!
Any Color You Like
Mercury's Molten Core
Mechanical Engineering Celebrates its Centennial
Saturn's North Pole
Medea's Antimalarial Mosquitoes
So Green, It's Gold
Leaves In Other Hues
A Rubber-Band Laser
Legends of Caltech III
Plastic Food?
MCW 922: Red Square

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Powering the Planet
by Nathan S. Lewis
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For the Love of Termites
by Elisabeth Nadin
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Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around
by Douglas L. Smith
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Books:

The Volterra Chronicles

Obituaries:

Homer J. Stewart

Felix Strumwasser

Mildred G. Goldberger

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Dark Matter in 3-D
Delbrück Centennial
Just Breathe
Caltech Cops Crack Crooks' Covey
Rosaly's Volcano
Surf's Up
LIGO's Wave Wall Wins Design Award

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The Secret Lives of Minerals
by Elisabeth Nadin
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Sweet Revenge
by Douglas L. Smith
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The Amazing World of Bubbles
by Christopher E. Brennen
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Funeral for a Planet
Pass the Toothpicks, Please
There’s Methane in Them Thar Hills
Urrrp!
Sea-Urchin Genome Sequenced
Red, Hot, and Gold
Test-Tube Logic
Mars Global Surveyor—Lost, But Not Forgotten
Brain, Heal Thyself

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How We Hit That Sucker: The Story of Deep Impact
by William M. Owen Jr.
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Picture This
by Douglas L. Smith
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Planetary Exploration in Extremis
by Peter J. Westwick
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Griffith Observatory Gets The Big Picture
The Breadth of Life
Still Going. . .
Rockin' with Richter
And Speaking of Large Earthquakes. . .
Snowflake Stamps
The Lakes of Titan?
Now They Can Be Shown
Victoria Crater
O'Donovan's Giant Planet
Mike Brown and the Five Dwarfs
Orbiter's Optics

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Pregnancy, Immunity, Schizophrenia, and Autism
by Paul H. Patterson
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New Sight for Old Eyes
by Scott E. Fraser
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Our Atmosphere: The view from Above
by Eric J. Fetzer
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Obituaries:

Nelson Leonard
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Dean E. Wooldridge
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The Heart Is a Suction Pumper
The Eyes Have Trees
TMT Is A-OK
LEGOs for Biochemists
On the Road Again
A Nanorod in the Sun
E&S Polishes the Silver

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Bacteria Are Beautiful
by Dianne K. Newman
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Plug In, Charge Up, Drive Off
by Douglas L. Smith
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Cellular CAT Scans
by Douglas L. Smith
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Faculty File :

Jean-Lou Chameau Named New President
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Obituaries:

Ruben F. Mettler
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San Francisco's "Big One" Turns 100
More Earthquakes to Worry About
Darkness and Light
The Brain Trust
Comet Survives G29-38
We've Been Punked!

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The Dawn of the Computer Age
by Irving S. Reed
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The Social Brain
by Ralph Adolphs
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A Nice Place to Visit?
by Douglas L. Smith
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Obituaries:

Ronald F. Scott
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The Loh Down on Science
Alice's Adventures in Primm
Non-Incoming Tax
President Baltimore to Step Down
Cassini's Finds: Enceladus leaks; Hyperion Is a Sponge
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Red Earth, White Earth, Green Earth, Black Earth
by Joseph L. Kirschvink
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The Metathesis Waltz
by Douglas L. Smith
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Molecular Switches for Cellular Sensors
by Christina Smolke
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Letters and Media:

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Obits, Faculty File, and Honors & Awards

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Obituaries: Norman Horowitz
Faculty File: Three Math Papers . . . Two Fine Jobs . . . And a New Head of IST; Honors and Awards

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Powering The Planet
LIGO Rides Out Katrina
Can B Cells Be A Student?
Ultrafast In 4-D
Comet Kablooie
The Dean, Remembered
Fish Heads, Fish Heads, Eat Them Up, Yum!
All It Needs Is A Divining Rod
Xena, Warrior Planet
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Untwinkle, Untwinkle, Laser Star • pdf •
by Scott Kardel

Misfolded Proteins and Parkinson's Disease • pdf •
by Jay Winkler

Copies in Seconds • pdf •
by David Owen

The Price is Right Mysterious • pdf •
by R. Preston McAfee

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Honors, Awards, Obits • pdf •
Obituaries: Norman Horowitz, Ronald Scott
Faculty File: Konishi Wins Neuroscience Prize, New Division Chair for E&AS, Honors and Awards

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NuStar in the Sky with Xrays
Who Do You Trust
E&S Editor Retires
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TMI, Meet IST • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith

Apostolic Succession • html • pdf •
by Chris Toumey

The Great Sumatra Quake • html • pdf •
by Mark Wheeler
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Sumatran Quake Map • pdf •
Sumatran Map Supplementary Information • pdf •

Art and Science: A Da Vinci Detective Story • pdf •
by John Brewer

Olfaction: A window into the Brain • pdf •
by Gilles Laurent
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Honors, Awards, Obits • pdf •
Obituaries: Thomas K. Caughey, Cornelius J. Pings
Faculty File: New NAS and AAAS Members, Honors and Awards

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"Family of Explorers" float • html •

Crystal Power • html •

NUMB3RS • html •

Observing the Roiling Earth • html •

JPL's Cassini • html •

JPL's Mars Rovers • html •

Getting in on the Ground Floor • html •

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The Caltech-Chile Connection • html • pdf •
by Jane S. Dietrich

Voyage to the Aliens of the Deep • html • pdf •
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by Arthur Lonne Lane

Cremona Revisited • html • pdf •
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Edward B. Lewis • html •

Robert F. Bacher • html •

Robert L. Walker • html •

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Iwan to Coordinate Tsunami, Quake Investigations • html •

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Genesis Bounces Back • html •

Atkins, Schmatkins • html •

Postcards from Titan • html •

The SWAT Team • html •

It's IST! • html •

Science By the Seat of the Pants • html •

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Quark Tale • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith
H. David Politzer shares the Nobel Prize in physics for his mathematical
description of the strong nuclear force that holds quarks together.

What Do Babies Know About Language? • html • pdf •
by Fiona Cowie
Is language innate, or do we learn it?

Godfather of the Hybrid • html • pdf •
Victor Wouk, PhD ’42, fitted a low-emission, gasoline/electric motor into a
Buick Skylark in the early ’70s. It worked fine, but the EPA wasn’t interested.

A Bridge Not Attacked • html • pdf •
by Harold Johnston
Caltech’s role in chemical-warfare research during World War II.

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Honors and Awards • html •

Farley New Chair of GPS • html •

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Twins Separated at Birth? • html •

Quantum Memories? • html •

All's Well That Ends Well • html •

Think and Click • html •

Postdocs of Proton Power • html •

Watson Lectures Set • html •

Spirit and Opportunity • html •

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Galaxy Evolution • html • pdf •
by D. Christopher Martin
In the ultraviolet, some galaxies teem with hot, young stars. A Caltech spacecraft called GALEX is finally giving them their close-up.

Biology and "The Bomb" • html • pdf •
by Jennifer Caron
Caltech geneticist Ed Lewis played a pivotal, if little-known, role in the national debate on nuclear testing in the 1950s.

The Quest for Consciousness • html • pdf •
by Christof Koch
In this chapter from his book, a Caltech neurobiologist talks about computer consciousness, zombies, and other things.

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Arnold O. Beckman • html •

William Dreyer • html •

Robert Phillip Sharp • html •

Edward E. Simmons Jr. • html •

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Opportunity by the Sea • html •

Meanwhile, at the Edge of the Solar System • html •

Swords Into Plowshares • html •

And at the Far End of the Universe. . . • html •

Bob Gets His Learner's Permit • html •

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Origami: Complexity in Creases (Again) • html • pdf •
NP-Completeness and Origami • html •
by Robert J. Lang

Viruses, Viruses, Viruses • html • pdf •
by David Baltimore

The Tunnel of Samos • html • pdf •
by Tom M. Apostol

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John Beverly Oke • html •

William Hayward Pickering • html •

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Honors and Awards • html •

Rossman Wins Feynman Prize • html •

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We're baaack. . . • pdf •

Between a Rock and a Hard Place • html •

Not First Class, But Plenty of Leg Room • html •

Caltech Wins Olympic Gold--In Physics • html •

Comet Wild 2 • html •

The Stems of Brain Cancer? • html •

Familiar Galaxies Seen in a New Light • html •

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The Far, the Cold, and the Dusty • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith

Egyptian Stars Under Paris Skies • html • pdf •
by Jed Z. Buchwald

Brain Worms and Brain Amoebas: They Do Exist • html • pdf •
by Andrea Manzo

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King of Odessa • html •
by Robert A. Rosenstone

Origami Design Secrets • html •
by Robert J. Lang

Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil • html •
by David Goodstein

Obituaries:

Edward Hutchings Jr. • html •

Peter W. Fay • html •

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Gray Wins Wolf Prize • html •

Honors and Awards • html •

And Now for Something Completely Different • html •

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One Good Deed Inspires Another • html •

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Through a Lense, Darkly • html •

Deuterium, Dirt, and Ozone Damage • html •

Galileo's Wake • html •

Oschin's One-Twelve • html •

Photo: Spirit and Opportunity • html •

The Quiet Zone • html •

Photo: The Caltech/JPL Flying Club • html •

Voices of Vision: A Couple of Books, a Movie, and Some TV • html •

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Come Fly with Me • html • pdf •
by Michael H. Dickinson

The Genetic Roots of Language • html • pdf •
by Andrea McColl

Like Chocolate for String Theory • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith

Bookish Plots • html • pdf •
by Charlotte E. Erwin

Books:

Charles Plott's Collected Papers
by Andreas Ortmann

Obituaries:

Leverett Davis • html•

Martin Ridge • html •

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Honors and Awards • html •

Carver Mead Wins National Medal of Technology • html •

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Thirty-Meter Telescope Funded • html •

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The Class of 2003 Commences • html •

A Modest Proposal • html •

H2, UH, OH • html •

Flee or Freeze • html •

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Rubber Layered Micropumpers • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith

A Conversation with Jim Watson • html • pdf •

The Cutting Edge of Tectonics • html • pdf •
by Brian P. Wernicke

Obituaries:

Al Hibbs • html • pdf •

On the Edge of Space • html •
by Al Hibbs

Anne Marie Buck • html •

Gilbert D. McCann • html •

Faculty File:

Lange Named California Scientist of the Year • html •

Three Elected to AAAS • html •

Other Honors and Awards • html •

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New Center for Astronomy, Astrophysics • html •

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Requiem for a Heavyweight • html •

The Sporting News • html •

Is Great-Grandma a Mutant? • html •

Paged By a Gamma-Ray Burst • html •

Diffraction Unlimited • html •

Swiss Cheese and Cold Drinks • html •

Low Networks for FAST Data Rates• html •

New Science or Old Math? • html •

The Literary Supplement • html •

Photos: Magnet and Frog • html •

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Voyager Journeys to Interstellar Space • html • pdf •
by Edward C. Stone
After 25 years, the two Voyager spacecraft will soon leave the bubble that the solar wind blows around the sun. But where, exactly, does the bubble end?

Swiss Rolls and Oreo Cookies • html • pdf •
by Sossina M. Haile
Fuel cells will make the future greener, and power packs running on lighter fluid may one day be in all our pockets.

The Chief Technologist's Mechanical Advantage • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith
JPL explores the solar system for NASA, and Caltech mechanical engineer Erik Antonsson scouts the technological frontier for JPL.

Obituaries:

Jesse L. Greenstein • html •

Wheeler J. North • html •

William R. Sears • html •

Faculty File:

Faculty File • html •

Gift and Estate Planning • html •

Neutrino Mine Hits Pay Dirt • html •

Shear Stress Is Good for the Heart • html •

The Methane Rain Falls Mainly on Titan • html •

Interfering RNA Keeps the HIV at Bay • html •

Next Exit 0.5 Million Kilometers • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith
A Caltech/JPL collaboration explores the "Interplanetary Superhighway."

Smoke Gets in Your Brain • html • pdf •
by Henry A. Lester
How nicotine affects nerve cells may illuminate alcoholism and Parkinson's disease.

Countering Terrorism: The Role of Science and Technology • html • pdf •
by Jesse L. (Jack) Beauchamp
A chemist (and pilot) discusses how lab techniques help make flying safer.

Genes, Aging, and the Future of Longevity • html •
by Colin Rundel
A student paper from the Core 1 (science writing) course explains how worms, flies, and French centenarians are helping us understand aging.

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A Freeway Runs Through It • html •

Lucky Strike Smokers Are Different • html • pdf •
by Paul Asimow
A Caltech geologist finds strange things at a volcano under the mid-Atlantic.

Rocket Science and Art: Travels with Charley • html • pdf •
by Douglas L. Smith
The career of a trajectory designer at JPL follows an unusual trajectory itself.

From High-Energy Physics to Medical Research . . . It Happens • html • pdf •