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IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Robert W. Lucky	Math Blues Has mathematics disappeared behind the screens of our monitors, as have so many other subjects since engineering began to center increasingly on writing software?
IEEE Spectrum September 2007	Exploring the Extreme Just how much water the moon holds is still debatable but Bill Stone, an engineer and renowned cave explorer, along with a group of scientists and technologists, are convinced that a vast icy lunar waterworks resides beneath the moon's south pole.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Susan Karlin	Engineers at War Considering an engineering job in Iraq or Afghanistan? Here's what to expect.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 Paul Wallich	Kids, Do Try This at Home Here's how to build a backyard T-shirt canon, per the book Whoosh Boom Splat by William Gurstelle.
IEEE Spectrum September 2007 James Oberg	Lost in Space ISScapades: The Crippling of America's Space Program by Donald A. Beattie is a tough slog. Would-be space managers should have to read and digest this book to prove that they, like the astronauts, have the "right stuff."
PC Magazine August 29, 2007 Frank Washburn	Future Watch: Traffic-Predicting Software Trying to navigate through a traffic jam can be downright nightmarish when you're late to work.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Suhas Sreedhar	Animated Article: The Future of Music Part Two: Will Musicianship Matter? How advances in technology have dramatically changed music production.
IEEE Spectrum August 2007 Saswato R. Das	Scheme for a Single-Photon Transistor Researchers have taken a big step toward building a really fast computer that uses light rather than electricity to perform calculations.
Smithsonian September 2007 Robert M. Poole	In Living Color An obscure photographic process unveiled 100 years ago opens a fresh window on the past.
Wired August 21, 2007 Amanda Griscom Little	Pumped Up: Chevron Drills Down 30,000 Feet to Tap Oil-Rich Gulf of Mexico A recent discovery by Chevron has signaled that soon there may be vastly more oil gushing out of the ultradeep seabeds -- more than even the optimists were predicting four years ago. But there are still big questions to be answered before Jack starts filling gas tanks.
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