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Articles in July 1999 issue of Discover

• LETTERS
• Personal Trains - research into alternative modes of transporting people
  by Jeffrey Winters
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Revolutionary Rocket - scientists who innovate space vehicles - Brief Article
• Looking Back At The Future: Ten Years Of Discover Awards
  by Mark Wheeler
• Jack Horner - paleontologist - Brief Article
• Liar, Liar, Face on Fire - development of a lie detection system based on changes in facial expression - Brief Article
• Oh, My Aching Meninges
• Mysterious Fevers - tick-borne disease can be difficult to diagnose
  by Daniel C. Weaver
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Hydrogen A Go-Go - alternative fuels for automobiles - Brief Article
• Fisherman Heaven - Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee - Brief Article
  by Polly Shulman
• Notable Nobels - Nobel Prize winner in Physics Jerome I. Friedman dispenses advice for future physicists - Brief Article - Interview
• A Vaccine Worth Taking to Heart
• The Dead Wives' Club
• Pupfish in Peril - Devil's Hole pupfish in danger of extinction
  by Karen Wright
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: New Light on Medicine - optical microscopy - Brief Article
• Island of the Sharks - Review
  by Polly Shulman
• Uh-Oh, Does This Give Men An Excuse?
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Disposable Chips - computer chip innovation - Brief Article
• Against the Tide: The Battle for America's Beaches - Review
  by Sarah Richardson
• It's Not Easy Being Green - changing information on what is environmentally correct - Brief Article
• Mind Over Time - research into biological clock reveals possible causes of various ailments - includes related article on various aspects
  by Mark Caldwell
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Video on a Chip - video camera innovation - Brief Article
• The Seacoast Reader - Review
  by Sarah Richardson
• Arthur C. Clarke: A Lifelong Space Odyssey - author remembers trip to moon in 1969 - Brief Article - Interview
• Snooze Alarm: Snoring and Your Health
• The Last Big Bang Man Left Standing - physicist Ralph Alpher devised Big Bang Theory of universe
  by Joseph D'Agnese
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: If Appliances Could Talk - computer programming language name Jini - Brief Article
• Primo Levi: Tragedy of an Optimist - Review
  by Josie Glausiusz
• Satellite, Consume Thyself
• Beyond Saturn - Voyager 2 space probe
  by Jeffrey Kluger
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Energy Drain Plug - computer chip that reduced energy consumption when appliances are turned off - Brief Article
• RESOURCES - various books, periodicals, Web sites about topics in magazine 'Discover' - Brief Article
• LANDMARKS
• What's Going Down
• To Hell And Back - scientist find microbes deep within the Earth - includes related articles on deep mining, microbes
  by Kevin Krajick
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: The Smallest Switch - transistor innovation - Brief Article
• Frogs' Legs Up, Biologists Down - biologist Pieter Johnson studies frog deformities - Brief Article
• Why Does It Stick? - the hypothesis that push-on adhesives use bubbles to create vacuum
  by Robert Kunzig
• The Tenth Annual Discover Awards - U.S. government wants to focus on information technology research in 21st century - Brief Article
  by Albert Gore, Jr.
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: One-Minute Cholesterol Test - innovation - Brief Article
• One, Two … Kick - various tests for reflexes - Brief Article
  by Eric Haseltine
• Cancer Warning Light
• Look Up—Again! - celestial sighting available in July 1999
  by Bob Berman
• 1999 DISCOVER AWARDS: Wiring the Mind - scientists who help people communicate through technology - Brief Article