TITLE: DISCOVER magazine
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ISSUE DATE: MAY 1997; Vol. 18
CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8½" X 11". COMPLETE and in clean, VERY GOOD condition. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: SPECIAL ISSUE: THE COMING AGE OF EXPLORATION. Cover Illustration By Dana Berry

FEATURES:
The Light on Life. BY JAMES SHREEVE. Richard Zare is a master at using lasers to probe the hidden meaning of molecules--even Martian molecules.

It's Only Rocket Science. BY LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS. Don't let the prospect of flying to other worlds intimidate you. It's not all that hard.

The Ultimate Suburb. BY SARAH RICHARDSON. The sci-fi dream could soon become reality. Earthlings really are planning that first time-share on Mars.

An Odyssey of Sorts. An interview with ARTHUR C. CLARKE, who isn't going to talk about anything he doesn't want to talk about.

Meteorite Hunters. BY MARY ROACH. Every summer they mount their Ski-doos and scour Antarctica for pieces of outer space.

Looking for Life in All the Wrong Places. BY WILL HIVELY. Where should we search for life on other planets? In the coldest, hottest, driest, most inhospitable spots imaginable.

Water World. BY KATHY A. SVITIL. Under the ice of Europa may flow an alien, inhabited ocean.

Castle in the Air. The space station: It's not the stuff of 1950s fantasies, but it's something. Maybe it's time to start liking the thing.

Europe's Dream. BY ROBERT KUNZIG. Ariane 5 is a big, smart rocket, a legitimate symbol of the Europeans' technological prowess. Which is why they were so upset when it spectacularly, and needlessly, exploded.

COMMENTARY. Kinship With the Stars. BY JARED DIAMOND. Carl Sagan showed nonscientists the thrill of scientific discovery--and scientists the danger of talking about it.

DEPARTMENTS:
Breakthroughs: Physics for Tonya Harding, stressing the blood-brain barrier, blueprint for a cyclops, airing out Ganymede, Sun Belt sauropod, lighting for the blind, breakaway Trojans, a boggy beetle blunder, the mouse in 3-D, and cells from Santa Barbara.
Climate Watch: Gas in the sea--call it the green Play-Doh effect.
Biology Watch: Squid hide in the bright cool light of bacteria.
Anthropology Watch: Give a hominid a rock and what do you get?.
From the Editor.
Contributors.
Vital Signs By Tony Dajer. Working up a full-court sweat.
Night Watchman. By Bob Berman. A pole to hang our sights on.
Book Review By Steven Vogel, Riveting stories of hot bugs and cold nights.
Further Reading.
Brain Bogglers By Terry Stickels. Fun ways to win, water, and weigh your fish.


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