Features include: The Need for Speed, The Wheels of Invention, Are We There Yet?, Dream Cars, Without Gas

Launch into cyberspace and learn how humans navigate in our information-based world. Discover how instantaneous travel over great physical space is possible without ever leaving yo …

Tunnels, bridges, skyscrapers, domes, and dams are all getting larger and larger. How does science and math in the real world make these feats possible? What is organic architectur …

Features include: Click and the Kids, Cars, Speed Racers, How Cars Go, In the Driver's Seat, Yo Wants to Know, On the Road, Going to Grandma's.

Imagine seeing things as small as an atom! This is now possible because of new imaging and scientific visualization techniques. In this issue, we'll look inside the human body, ins …

Readers find out intriguing information about what goes IN to the Internet and what comes OUT, in this issue. Articles range from a short history of the Internet to guidelines and …

A realistic look at this milestone in time. Despite the media hype, January 1, 2000 will be just another day. The Earth will have reached another point in its orbit. Our spirit wil …

It's strictly rocket science in this soaring issue. Sometimes called the "space-age hobby," model rocketry was launched in 1954 and its popularity quickly spread. With it came safe …

By building machines and materials with atomic precision, researchers believe they'll create faster computers, lighter spacecraft, car bodies as hard as diamonds and lighter than s …

It is estimated that by the year 2000, the Internet will have 1 billion users - and chances are, you'll be one of them! In the September issue, we'll visit the MIT Media Laboratory …

From "robo-critters," buglike multi-legged robots that will carry out dangerous missions such as inspecting the inside of nuclear reactors, to "microbots" that will one day cruise …

Slinking and squirming, life-imitating, soft robots are on the drawing board. Hard component little roombas that suck up dirt on the carpet and mow the lawn are already here. This …

Robots have been around a lot longer than you might think. This issue ambles through their history and takes readers on a tour of robots, from mini and micro to a gigantic, six-leg …

A look at the history, the people, and the mechanics of robots.

This issue will highlight the realm of opportunities available to young scientists and inventors - from innovative local fairs to the major competitions. We'll offer tips on how to …

Odyssey gets real with this issue that explores the virtues of space-age technology and its applications in items used in every day life. Whether its freeze-dried food, the ribbed …

From a nationalistic pride standpoint, the technology (declassified, of course) that keeps us safe. Satellite tracking scopes, blind missiles, NORAD (space debris), etc.

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From communication to propulsion, from entertainment to warfare and medicine, lasers seem to do it all. How do they work? What are some of their latest applications (e.g., the Pent …

Catch a glimpse of where science is going as Odyssey presents the science of materials. Watch as scientists take natural matter and transform it into the kind of superstuff requir …

Finding Nemo and The Lord of the Rings have introduced new dimensions to animation and special effects. We'll look at how technology is changing movie making in t …

What's new in travel - "smart" roads, bridges, and cars; high speed trains; submersibles that swim like fish; evolving commercial planes; futuristic spacecraft; and the laptops, ce …

History of mirrors, how to make them, mirrors in telescopes, parallel universes, illusion and more.

Internet 2, mobile Internet devices, YouTube, VOIP and SKYPE, Facebook founders, future of telecommuting, unexpected social changes of the Internet, Wi-Fi in developing world, Wi-f …

Ever wonder how many steps you take in a day? Or why our big toes are no longer opposable? How would you design a robot to walk? Care to take a bumpy ride through a detailed histor …

A look at the connected age. Our thumbs are evolving as we use cell phones and our new social watering holes are e-mail, instant messenger, and the 3-D Internet. Connected clothes …