December 1996


#449 December 3, 1996

Why Sick People Aren't Going to the Hospital

Diagnosing Skin Cancer: A 50-50 Chance

How to Clean Up Drinking Water

Is It Worth Saving Oiled Animals?

Intelligent Dust


#450 December 10, 1996

A National Experiment in Health Care

Improving Doctors' Skin Cancer Scores

Artificial Swamps Will Have To Do

On Earth, Those Inches Add Up

Closing Clinics Costs Money


#451 December 17, 1996

Fill 'er Up -- With Hydrogen

Hold That Molecule

Take Me In To the Ball Game

Growing Muscle to Study A Growing Problem

Adrenaline and Memory


#452 December 24, 1996

Hydrogen + Oxygen = Zero Pollution

Not A Replicator, But Pretty Good

A Better Grass for Indoor Baseball

A Laboratory With Muscle

All Memories Aren't Created Equal


#453 December 31, 1996

Hospitals: Casualties of Managed Care
A New Generation Looks at the New Generation
Micro-Machines at the Cutting Edge
No Insurance? Go Directly to the Hospital
TB: Not Your Usual Epidemic