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TOC: Scientific American, July 84 ============================================ **** Articles **** THE HOMELESSNESS PROBLEM, by Ellen L Bassuk The problem is complicated by the fact that many of the homeless suffer from mental illness UNDERSEA VULCANOS, by Roger Hekinian They continually remake the earth's crust. Some of them are now being explored at first hand. IMMUNOTOXINS, by R. John Collier and Donald A. Kaplan A toxis agent linked to an antibody might destroy cancerous cells without harming normal ones. FORM AND FUNCTION IN FISH SWIMMING, by Paul W. Webb A fish can be good at cruising, accelerating or maneuvering, or at some compromise among them. SYMBIOTIC STARS, by Minas Kafatos and Andrew G Michalitsianos They are double stars in which one companion is a large cool star and the other is a small hot one. MULTILINGUAL WORD PROCESSING, by Joseph D. Becker Computerized typing and editing can now be extended to all the living languages of the world. THE MATHEMATICS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MANIFOLDS, by William P. Thurston and Jeffrey R. Weeks. Topology hints the universe could be like a tangled string. MEDIEVAL ROOTS OF THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, by Terry S. Reynolds Long before steam power arrived in the 18th century, entire industries wer powered by water. *** Departments *** 50 AND 100 YEARS AGO 1934 - Speculation on how the escape velocity for a trip to the moon may be achieved - Speculation on how a major volcanic eruption can cause cooling of the atmosphere - Report on a Bell Lab invention: the crystal oscilator 1884 - Speculation on the uses of Natural Gas - Spectroscopic method of measuring motion indicates that Sirius alternates in receding and approaching earth - Recent studies of microbes discloses their functions and uses - Proposition of a "vigorous foreign policy" of peace, of increase of trade and transportation links with the Americas, of reduced tariff barriers. "A foreign policy that can hurt nobody, that will cost nothing" and that will bind closer than a military annexation ...... COMPUTER RECREATIONS - a program that plays checkers can often stay one jump ahead. BOOKS - Green manures, sport physics, Southwest Indians, radioactivity in the environment. SCIENCE AND THE CITIZEN - Science under wraps: new DoD and DoC review procedures - Double Agent: the virus causing AIDS, and who discovered it. - Bound Bosons: can the proposed new accelerator SSC of 100km circumference help explain phenomena, recently observed at CERN, which are considered "anomalous" within current theory? - Hot Rocks: a new "pebble-bed" reactor is about to go into commercial operation in West Germany, which may advance safety and economy of nuclear power-plants. - Almost a Star: a "brown dwarf" travelling in our galaxy - The Sign of the Beast: cryptozoology, the study of "hidden animals" [versus manifest or extinct ones], which are "claimed" to have been sighted, like the yeti and the Loch Ness monster. THE AMATEUR SCIENTIST - People listening to a bell can perceive sounds the bell does not really make. *** Interesting Ads *** ZEISS - Computerized surveying and mapping systems GM - The Robot Abstraction. " ... to study robot reach capabilities and robot-level instructions" BORLAND - Turbo Pascal Version 2.0 MICROWARE - 8087 Support and Fortran for your PC