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September 2000 Volume 21 Issue 3
Bug Camp

Finding the Flavor of Chocolate
Taste-testing is the best part of the job. Melis Cakirer maps the DNA of cacao to understand its range of flavors.

Energy at the Speed of Light
Sunlight + water = energy, but could your car run on that? Morgan Mihok wants to create fuel the way plants do — through photosynthesis.

Stumped
Trees tell the story as undergraduates travel to Lake Tahoe to learn how ecosystems benefit from forest fires.

The Gypsy Life
The life of the Gypsies, says Tod Hartman, is more grit and less glitter since the fall of communism in Romania.

Bug Camp
Capturing bugs, examining bugs — even eating bugs — all in the service of science teaching.


Night Clouds
Desperately Seeking
The Hotdog Test
Ultimate Fitness
Heart Sounds
The Musician's Palette

Parasitic Architecture
The Tropics in a Tank
Tapping Into Language
Healthy Beliefs
Images of Memory


346 and Counting

editorial news reports research and policy profiles
Excavating Tire Tracks The 2000 Undergraduate Exhibition The Living Machine Role Models
Stinging the Bees