Table of Contents

Features:

The Phenomenon of Life
What is unique to life wherever it may be found, and what features of life are accidents of its history on this particular planet?
by Richard E. Dickerson

JPL Looks at Inner Space
The Automated Light Microscope System is a promising step toward speedy, low-cost chromosome analysis.

A Summer Trip to Nowhere
Ninety days in "an artificial environment."
by John Hall

Research Notes
Laser Smog Detector
New Neighbors
Young Galaxies?
Taking the Pulse of the Gulf of California

Campus News:

Caltech Is Not Just a Big Black Box

The Month at Caltech