June 29, 2001

Learning to Swim in the Rising Tide of Scientific Data

From astronomy to zoology, researchers face an unprecedented wealth of information

By LILA GUTERMAN

In David S. Roos's lab at the University of Pennsylvania, biologists come and go, stereos play, electronic instruments hum,

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