Issue 2
Spring 2002

Letter From
the Editor



18 The Ghost in the Sun

Hunting down the elusive solar neutrino

by Aaron Pierce


28 Science Illustrated

Training artists to bring complex concepts into living color

by Jessica Palmer and Una Ren





7 Telling Stories
Why do autistic children have trouble describing emotions?

8 Correcting Keratoconus
Modeling the cornea's topography may lead to improved contact lenses

9 Mapping the Net
Even in cyberspace, geography matters

10 Tiny OS
Radio telescope listens for molecules, civilizations









12 Spin Doctors

Why more and more Berkeley professors are splitting time between the lab and the boardroom.

by Emily Singer


37 Life: Wanted Dead or Alive
Is a goldfish alive? What about a tub of margarine? Alan Moses sorts it out.


Drawing Electrons
TB in African Buffalo
Computing by Glove
A Silicon Campanile
Bacteria Band Together



6 Biotech Beat
What's happening in Bay Area biotech

17 Book Review: On Her Own Terms
Annie Alexander and the UC Museums

27 Weird Science
Ken and Barbie meet Godzilla

40 Quanta
(heard on campus)

45 The Back Page
Big ole' naked guy on the South Pole!



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