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September 2001

The September 2001 issue of Discover Magazine

The Best Kept Secret in Physics

Health

One Tough Tree

Planet Earth

Seismic Shift

Technology

Big Cures Come in Small Packages

The Sciences

Sky Lights: Solitary Human Outpost

Future Tech: Land Mine Detection

Mind

Is the Placebo Effect a Myth?

Genes in Microgravity

Why there are no Six-toed Sloths

Works in Progress: Cloning Endangered Species

Maybe a Little Needling is Good for the Heart

Gut Instincts

A Salt on Food Poisoning

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