Browse Items (134 total)
- Tags: 1998
Diary
'Diary', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-12-11; Athlete's foot; Bodies; Duncan-Jones, Katherine; latex; Medicine
Sailing out of Panama
'Sailing out of Panama', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-12-1; civil engineering; Description and travel; Engineering; History; Panama Canal (Panama); Patrick Symmes; Symmes, Patrick
How far down the dusky bosom?
'How far down the dusky bosom?', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-11-26; Biology; Charles Darwin; Evolution; Evolutionary Theory; Expression of Emotion; Korn, Eric; Otto Rejlander; Paul Ekman; R.B. Freeman
Your life with my dog
'Your life with my dog', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-11-1; Biology; Dog owners; Dogs; Levine, Daniel; New York; New York (State); Petsitting; Zoology
Mr. T, real-life superhero
'Mr. T, real-life superhero', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-11-1; African American actors; Art and Fiction; Interviews; Morrill, Chris S.; Mr. T; Other; Science fiction
Let them eat nutri-cake
'Let them eat nutri-cake', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-11-1; Biosolid (The word); Dictionaries; English language; Medicine; Merriam-Webster�s collegiate dictionary (Book); Nutrition; Rampton, Sheldon; Sewage sludge; United States
The Radioactive Boy Scout
'The Radioactive Boy Scout', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-11-1; David Hahn; Energy Engineering; Engineering; Experiments; Michigan; Nuclear; Nuclear engineering; Radiochemistry; Recreation; Silverstein, Ken; Teenage boys
Countdown
'Countdown', The New Yorker
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-10-26; Ghosh, Amitav; India; Military and Weapons; Nuclear tests; nuclear weapons; Other
You win, I win
'You win, I win', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-10-15; Altruism; Biology; David Sloan Wilson; Elliott Sober; Evolution; Group Selection; Kitcher, Philip
Sex Sites and Self-Regulation
'Sex Sites and Self-Regulation', Wired
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Staff, Wired
Geometry
'Geometry', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-10-1; Bodies; Couples; Foot; Gall, Sally; Medicine; Nudity; Pictorial works
Planet of weeds
'Planet of weeds', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-10-1; Biology; David Jablonski; Effect of human beings on; Evolution; Evolution (Biology); Extinction (Biology); Forecasting; Nature; Quammen, David
Fortress Mathematica
'Fortress Mathematica', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-17; Astrobiology; Biology; G�nter Ziegler; John Nash; Martin Aigner; Mathematics; Maths; Paul Erd�s; Paul Hoffman; Rotman, Brian; Sylvia Nasar
The science of apartheid
'The science of apartheid', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-1; Biological weapons; Chemical Weapons; Chemistry; Political persecution; Research; Roodeplaat Research Laboratory (South Africa); Schalk Janse van Rensburg; South Africa; Toxicology
The soul encoded
'The soul encoded', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-1; Collaborative filtering programs; Electronic commerce; Engineering; Information Technology; Intelligent agents (Computer software); Internet; Recommendation software; Social aspects; United States
The gallbladder will set you free
'The gallbladder will set you free', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-1; Chastain, H. Andrew; Donation of organs; etc.; Fees; Lawyers; Medical Specialisms; Medicine; Missouri; Pathology; Prisoners; tissues
The hum of bees
'The hum of bees', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-9-1; Bee culture; Beekeepers; Bees; Behavior; Biology; Bob Kime; Entomology; Honey; Morrow, Susan Brind; New York (State); Susan Brind Morrow; Zoology
Diary
'Diary', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-20; Bodies; Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Medicine; Pain; Painkillers; Rigby, Sarah
Selling Windows to the world
'Selling Windows to the world', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Chun, David; Computer industry; Engineering; Information Technology; Microsoft Windows (Computer operating system); Monopolies; Operating systems (Computers); United States
If we could talk to the animals
'If we could talk to the animals', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Biology; Hansell, Jenny; Human-animal communication; Interviews; Koko (Gorilla); United States; Zoology
Arcticum Lappa
'Arcticum Lappa', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Biology; Burdocks; Kellner, Tanya; Leaves; Pictorial works; Plant Sciences; Portraits; Women
Programming under the wizard�s spell
'Programming under the wizard�s spell', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Engineering; Information Technology; Linux (Computer operating system); Microsoft Windows (Computer operating system); Operating systems (Computers); Programming (Electronic computers); Ullman, Ellen
God versus G.E.
'God versus G.E.', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-8-1; Daly, Patricia; Electric industries; Electrical Engineering; Engineering; Environmental aspects; General Electric; Health aspects; New York (State); Pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Public relations; Religious aspects; Welch, John F.
The Balboan View
'The Balboan View', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-7-5; Alfred Kinsey; Clara McMillen; Gender and Sexuality; James Jones; Medicine; Philadelphia; Psychology, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; Sexuality.; Silverman, Kenneth; W.B. Saunders Company
Kudzu, kudzu, kill! Kill! Kill!
'Kudzu, kudzu, kill! Kill! Kill!', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-7-1; Babbitt, Bruce E.; Biology; Control; Plant Sciences; United States; United StatesDeptof Interior; Weeds
Tall and Tanned and Young and Lovely
'Tall and Tanned and Young and Lovely', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-6-18; Ancient World; Andrew Stewart Jean-Pierre Vernant; Bodies; Davidson, James; Eroticism; Medicine
Can We Drink the Water We Live With?
'Can We Drink the Water We Live With?', Whole Earth
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-6-1; Mankiewicz, Paul S; Other; Waste and Pollution
A hundred rivers run through it
'A hundred rivers run through it', Harpers
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-6-1; California; civil engineering; Economic aspects; Engineering; Graham, Wade; Water; Water use; Water-supply
Seeing Things
'Seeing Things', London Review of Books
Tags: 1990s; 1998; 1998-5-21; Clara Pinto-Correira; Eggs; Human Development; Leeuwenhoek; Medicine; Preformation; Reproduction and Development; Sperm; Wilson, Catherine