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Omni December 1990 |
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SPECIAL UFO EDITION PLUS: AND THE SOVIET SPACE EXPERIENCE |
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Cover Art: The only thing that was mentioned about the front cover graphic was on the inside of the table of contents a (copyright) Sega." |
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Contents / Articles
First Word (pg 8) The success of nations depends on people's fluency in science by Dr.Samuel Broder Omnibus (pg 10) Contributing authors Communications (pg 12) Readers' writes. Stars (pg 16) If extraterrestrial intelligence does exist, why haven't we observed any evidence by Thomas R. McDonough Law (pg 17) Electronic Frontier Foundation: Defending hackers against crimefighters by Bill Lawren Mind (pg 18) The cough suprressant you bough might also combat your memory loss by Jeff Goldberg Body (pg 20) A painkiller developed ten years ago could be a real antidote to drug addiction. by John Robert Marlow Earth (pg 22) Lightning technology in the future will use holograms to provide natural light by Dana Points Space (pg 26) The cosmonauts experience with the Soviet space station is providing NASA with invaluable information to avoid making similar mistakes. by James Oberg Arts (pg 28) Little Green Men: Is the country really ready for their mind-altering space jazz music? by Richard Broderick Artificial Intelligence (pg 30) Self-improving computers: Algorithms can help software evolve to meet new and growing demands. by Steve Ditlea Continuum (pg 33) The importance of whale watching, plus mood foods, space trash collectors, naming planets, microwavable eyesights, and 3-D TV The Big Ear (pg 42) The search for extraterrestrial intelligence: The coming generation. The first messages from space will probably arrive in the form of radio waves. Will astronomers in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, be the first to make contact? by Dennis Pverbye Fiction: Snapshots From the Butterfly Plague (pg 50) You survived Alfred Hitchcock's birds. How will you fare against this new winged threat? by Michael Bishop Pictorial: Field of Dreams? (pg 60) Are the mysterious circles on British farmlands proof of UFOs? Scientists say they know the truth. by Dava Sobel Freedom Trail (pg 68) Traveling through a Eastern Europe, a documentary filmmaker reports on what the future holds for the people of the former Communist bloc countries. by Rob Fruchtman Interview (pg 74) Frouk el-Baz usually explores upward into outer space. Now he's reaching into Egypt's pyramids and other archaeological sites and divining the future of the planet based on its past. by Thomas Bass Fiction: The Dead Love You (pg 82) After car owner Anthea Powell is involved in a mysterious auto collision, she quickly discovers that even maximum insurance coverage will not guarantee full protection from a vengeful motorist - but she has effective ways of protecting herself. by Jonathan Carroll What the Government Isn't Saying About UFO's (pg 90) The cosmic Watergate: What's known and what's covered up. Is the federal government embarrassed by its own UFO investigations? by Patrick Huyghe The Alien Almanac (pg 97) A guide to UFO's: Inside a flying saucer abductee confessions, plus: Are you a human-alien hybrid? Books (pg 112) The Leningrad Bible: High-resolution images of the world's oldest known Hebrew text will provide new facts about the writing - and editing of the Bible. by Linda Marsa Phenomenon (pg 118) The creation of one man, this universe may exist only in his computer. by Bob Berger The Omni Arcade (pg 139) The latest computer and video games. Pickles that glow in the dark. by Bob Lindstrom and Scot Morris Star Tech (pg 146) Techno-tools of tomorrow Last Word (pg 148) Questionable answers to age-old quandaries. by Mery Morris |
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