Short Reviews: Robert Kunzig

"Black Holes Spin?" [permanent link]. A very informative article that looks at black holes, some of its very strange properties and the confirmation of yet another property; that in spinning, a black hole with a magnetic field can become a very huge electrical generator and cause charged particles to emit electromagnetic radiation (up to X-rays).
Read from Jul 2002 Discover magazine
"La Marmotta" [permanent link]. An article that examines the archeological dig currently going on at a site known as La Marmotta at the bottom of an Italian lake that may be have been settled by early humans just when agriculture and civilisation were just beginning, giving new insights into early human civilisations.
Read from Nov 2002 Discover magazine
"More Magnets Please" [permanent link]. An article that looks at attempts to make magnets out of non-magnetic materials like buckeyballs (C60). Under high pressure and low temperature, buckeyballs can apparently be weakly magnetic but this has yet to be verified.
Read from Dec 2002 Discover magazine

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