When a Body Hits a Body Comin' Through the Sky
by Douglas L. Smith
A string of comet fragments will plow into Jupiter in July of 1994, and planetary scientists
are planning to make the most of the show. Here's what they hope to see.
Baja California: The Geology of Rifting
by Joann M. Stock
The Pacific and North America tectonic plates are sliding past each other in California, but south
of the Mexican border, they are pulling apart.
Of Symmetries and Factories, Matter and Antimatter
by Alan J. Weinstein
An elusive subatomic particle called the B decays in a way that violates a fundamental symmetry
of nature. Physicists hope to study this decay pattern at a "B Factory," as learning its secrets may
explain why there is more matter than antimatter in the universe today.
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