futurisms

I came across a copy of a magazine called Science Digest while rummaging around in my basement. It was from 1983. Some of the articles:
-"Buried Buildings on the Rise?"--A Minnesota architect was predicting that underground buildings would become more prevalent because they could be more energy efficient. He notes that people can be amazed at "how light and airy they can be."
-"Measuring the Milky Way" dealt with new efforts to map the galaxy and mentioned how over 3/4 of the measured mass exists in a "dark corona" surrounding the visible stars.
-"Is Evolution Progress" was a thoughtful article about how change over time doesn't imply that more complex organisms are better suited for survival.
-"Superbrain-The Race to Create the World's Fastest Computer"--This was really cute. The Cray corporation had just finished developing a machine that crack a gigaflop.
-"The Dinosaur Massacre" was about the relatively new theory that an asteroid strike was responsible for the extinctions of megafauna observed 65 million years ago. The article concluded that the evidence was against such a theory. No mention of Chicxulub.

Interesting. There were also lots of ads for cigarettes and stuff related to personal computers.