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COLUMNS
Anecdotal Evidence • Genetic Hyping
While the media lauded the smarts of the "Doogie" mouse, another study quietly undermined much of the ballyhoo about links between genetics and behavior
ROBERT M. SAPOLSKY
Idylls of the Mind • On Keeping the Faith
The New York Academy of Sciences has a splendid mission, but it cannot thrive by keeping the fun of science for the lucky few
PETER TAUBER
ESSAYS & COMMENT
Cover Story • Troubled Waters
While deserts bloom, rivers and aquifers run dry. Meeting the demands of a thirsty world will call for squeezing every drop out of a severely limited resource
SANDRA POSTEL
FEATURES
The End of Polio
The worthy campaign to eradicate the ancient scourge must confront hidden reserves of virus and a protean genetic foe. Many experts worry that the plan to end vaccinations could have lethal consequences
WENDY ORENT
On Common Ground • The Inner Eye of Outer Reality
When context is lost, what kind of tale can the surviving relic tell?
PHOTOGRAPH BY ROSAMOND PURCELL
TEXT BY STEPHEN JAY GOULD
Froth With Meaning
Physicists say that the study of foam may help unlock the secrets of the universe-and make a better cappuccino
SIDNEY PERKOWITZ
REVIEWS
The Fight for Science and Reason
A report from the front in the "science wars": Scientists can "win," but not by asserting that science holds the answer to every social problem
JOHN DUPRÉ
Books in Brief • The Literate Lepidopterist
PLUS: Father of the quark; influenza pandemic
LAURENCE A. MARSCHALL
DEPARTMENTS
Initial Conditions • Editor's Notebook
The Discipline of Doubt
PETER G. BROWN
Peer Review • Letters from Readers
Working Hypotheses • Wenzhu Yitou, Fangkai Yipian
RODNEY W. NICHOLS
Quanta
Lunar optical illusions; minimum forms of life; solitary black holes?; nanotweezers for picking up molecules; Q-bits
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