Issue 7
Fall 2004

Letter From
the Editor



20 Life in the Small Lane

Nano is big science at Berkeley

by Daisy James


26 Skeleton Crew

Steal a glimpse inside the UC Museum of Paleontology

by Nathanael Johnson


38 The Decade After Tomorrow

Modeling global climate change at Berkeley

by Kristen DeAngelis




8 Arachnophilia
Hawaiian spiders reveal evolutionary patterns

10 Microbial Genomics
Uncovering the Earth's hidden majority

12 The Life Chip
Looking for green on the red planet

13 Ear to the Skies
Radio telescope listens for molecules, civilizations

16 Getting in the Groove
Particle physicists can play it again









45 The Health of Nations

Open-source research and the economics of life and death in the developing world

by Audrey Huang and Chris Weber


34 Acids to Ashes
What happens to our hazardous waste?


Chillin'
A Grocer's Proof
The Big Freeze
Magnify This!





18 Letter from Mount Everest
Good food, but no atmosphere

25 Book Review
Tuxedo Park

51 The Back Page
Quoth the raven: "Nevermore"



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