Spring 2005

Volume 20, Issue 4

FEATURES

There’s a lot more to the story of the microwave oven than a melted candy bar

TODAY’S FAKE GRASS IS MUCH LESS LIKE YOUR LIVING-ROOM CARPET AND MUCH MORE LIKE YOUR FRONT LAWN

IT TOOK HALF A CENTURY FOR AIR CONDITIONING TO BECOME ACCEPTED AND DECADES MORE FOR ITTO BECOME UNIVERSAL

Building a submarine at the time of the Civil War meant pushing the limits of the possible to a perilous extreme

G FORCES WERE KILLING PILOTS IN COMBAT UNTIL A SMALL, SELF-APPOINTED TEAM OF SCIENTISTS DEVISED THE SUITS THAT KEEP THEM ALIVE