Johns Hopkins Magazine - April 1996 Issue
Johns Hopkins Magazine
Electronic Edition -- April 1996
Science & Technology
- Do Unto
Yourself
By Melissa Hendricks
All in pursuit of answers, scientists have swallowed bacteria,
stuck catheters into their own veins, and inoculated themselves
with new vaccines.
- Icy Enigma
- Findings &
News
A molecule that makes cheap solar energy... microscope with an
impact... an amazing algorithm
Health & Medicine
- Dear Dr.
Zebra
By Elise Hancock
Whatever the medical oddity, chances are good that the fictitious
"Dr. Z" will come up with a diagnosis that's right on the money.
- Findings &
News
A chimeric vaccine against cervical cancer... kidney risks from
hypertension... five-star hospital suites... one lethal missing
gene
Public Policy & International Affairs
- The Rise and Demise of the
American Orphanage
By Dale Keiger
In the current debate over welfare, says Matthew Crenson, there
are echoes of the debate over orphanages that took place a
century ago. And that's no accident.
- Findings &
News
Saying "Nyet" to Russain... an all-time low for U.S. infant
mortality... why global warming could be infectious... an era of
ethical deception
On Campuses
- Self-Taught and Stubbornly
Independent
By Mike Field
News-Letter staffers have been teaching themselves the
business of journalism -- and making a good number of people
angry in the process -- for 100 years now.
- Campus News
Speaking as one at Medicine... an Olympic-class rower...
inventive essays... recycling Eastern High... a feistier
feathered foe
Humanities & The Arts
- The Case of the Pencil Box
Ledgers
By Sue De Pasquale
In which fate intervenes not once, but twice, to help history
professor Richard Goldthwaite unlock the fascinating past of the
university's villa in Florence.
- Findings &
News
A chance encounter pays off for one grateful guitarist... the
Beautiful, the Sublime -- and the Novel... green roots in the
Bible
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