September 2009
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; September 2009; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; September 2009; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editor; September 2009; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Starter Menu

Letters; September 2009; by The Editors; 2 Page(s)

Global Famine; Big Government; Big Pharma

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; September 2009; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 1 Page(s)

Radiation; Punched Cards; Earthworms

Tribulations of a Trial; September 2009; by Melinda Wenner; 2 Page(s)

Lessons learned by the scientist behind the first gene therapy death

Swine Ebola; September 2009; by Brendan Borrell; 1 Page(s)

A new reservoir for the infamous Ebola virus

Radio for Responders; September 2009; by Larry Greenemeier; 2 Page(s)

As multiband radio for public safety proceeds, digital spectrum for it still lags

Chlorophyll Power; September 2009; by Michael Moyer; 2 Page(s)

Quantum details of photosynthesis could yield better solar cells

Conflicted Conservation; September 2009; by MADHUSREE MUKERJEE; 2 Page(s)

Saving the earth might mean trampling indigenous rights

The Not So Green Skies; September 2009; by David Farley; 2 Page(s)

New calls for the U.S. airline industry to take recycling seriously

Animals by the Numbers; September 2009; by Michael Tennesen; 2 Page(s)

Counting may be an innate ability among many species

Surviving in the Suburbs; September 2009; by Charles Q. Choi; 2 Page(s)

A fossil search for why some critters made it past the dinosaur-killing event

Perspectives - Fossils for All; September 2009; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Paleontologists are overly possessive of human fossils. Science—and the public—suffers as a result

Sustainable Developments - Prioritize the Carbon Strategy; September 2009; by Jeffrey D. Sachs; 1 Page(s)

The Obama administration needs an energy strategy alongside the ambitious climate bill

Skeptic - Paranoia Strikes Deep; September 2009; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Why people believe in conspiracies

C. P. Snow in New York; September 2009; by Lawrence M. Krauss; 1 Page(s)

A new column that examines the intersection between science and society provides an update on the "two cultures"

In the Beginning; September 2009; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

A powerful urge to understand the emergence of the cosmos or even life itself fuels the scientific enterprise

Origin of the Universe; September 2009; by Michael S. Turner; 8 Page(s)

Cosmologists are closing in on the ultimate processes that created and shaped the universe

Origin of the Mind; September 2009; by Marc Hauser; 8 Page(s)

The first step in figuring out how the human mind arose is determining what distinguishes our mental processes from those of other creatures

Origin of Life on Earth; September 2009; by Alonso Ricardo; Jack W. Szostak; 8 Page(s)

Fresh clues hint at how the first living organisms arose from inanimate matter

Origin of Computing; September 2009; by Martin Campbell-Kelly; 8 Page(s)

The information age began with the realization that machines could emulate the power of minds

Origins - The Start of Everything; September 2009; by Davide Castelvecchi, Graham P. Collins, Bruce Grierson, Mara Hvistendahl, Jonathon Keats, Michael Moyer, George Musser, Christie Nicholson, Ricki Rusting, Jessica Snyder Sachs, Christine Soares, Gary Stix, Kate Wong, Melinda Wenner, Philip Yam; 29 Page(s)

Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?

Recommended; September 2009; by Kate Wong; 1 Page(s)

Babies' Brains; Naming Life; Fictional Reads

Anti-Gravity - Cache and Carry; September 2009; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

The best answer yet to what's black and white and read all over