July 2007
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; July 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; July 2007; by Staff Editor; 3 Page(s)

From the Editor; July 2007; by John Rennie; 1 Page(s)

A Little Revolution

Letters; July 2007; by Staff Editor; 3 Page(s)

Color Perception; Digital Archival; Black Holes; Happiness

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; July 2007; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 1 Page(s)

Strangeness Theory; Alien Evidence; Sensible Fish

Updates; July 2007; by Philip Yam; 1 Page(s)

Methane Mystery; Edible Vaccines; Sun's Swift Core; Painkillers

Warming to Law; July 2007; by Charles Q. Choi; 2 Page(s)

After the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?

Reasonable Doubt; July 2007; by David Biello; 2 Page(s)

Data secrecy clouds judgments of lethal injection

Treading Water; July 2007; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

The levees are patched up, but the flood risk remains high

An Ear for Spacetime; July 2007; by George Musser; 1 Page(s)

Pulsars provide an alternative way to detect gravitational waves

Jam Session; July 2007; by Wendy M. Grossman; 1 Page(s)

A design to block RFID tags

Pieces of a Paranoid Past; July 2007; by Michael Dumiak; 3 Page(s)

A plan moves ahead to reconstruct East Germany's shredded secret police files

All in the Family; July 2007; by Christine Soares; 1 Page(s)

Paternity shocker: marmoset twins pass on each other's genes

News Scan Briefs; July 2007; by JR Minkel, Charles Q. Choi, Nikhil Swaminathan, Steve Ashley, Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Beer Head with Numbers; Seed Power; Twenty Percent Recall; Fibonacci Fandango; Stem Cell Blood Repair; But It's Not Krypton, Is It?; No-Pressure Diamond Scratchers; Tour de Energy

SciAm Perspectives: Bad Execution; July 2007; by the Editors; 2 Page(s)

What's to be done about lethal injection?

Sustainable Developments: The Promise of the Blue Revolution; July 2007; by Jeffrey D. Sachs; 2 Page(s)

Aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans

Forum: The Limited Appeal of Nuclear Energy; July 2007; by Jose Goldemberg; 3 Page(s)

To developing nations, the new arguments for nuclear power are far from compelling

Skeptic: The Prospects for Homo economicus; July 2007; by Michael Shermer; 2 Page(s)

A new fMRI study debunks the myth that we are rational-utility money maximizers

Anti Gravity: Dog Bites Dog Story; July 2007; by Steve Mirsky; 2 Page(s)

Interpreting a collection of observations is a science in itself

Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes; July 2007; by Kevin E. Trenberth; 8 Page(s)

Evidence is mounting that global warming enhances a cyclone's damaging winds and flooding rains

The Memory Code; July 2007; by Joe Z. Tsien; 8 Page(s)

Researchers are closing in on the rules that the brain uses to lay down memories. Discovery of this memory code could lead to new ways to peer into the mind

A Malignant Flame; July 2007; by Gary Stix; 8 Page(s)

Understanding chronic inflammation, which contributes to heart disease, Alzheimer's and other ailments, may be a key to unlocking the mysteries of cancer

The Evolution of Cats; July 2007; by Stephen J. O'Brien and Warren E. Johnson; 8 Page(s)

Genomic paw prints in the DNA of the world's wild cats have clarified the feline family tree and uncovered several remarkable migrations in their past

An Earth without People; July 2007; by Steve Mirsky; 6 Page(s)

Interview with Alan Weisman. One way to examine humanity's impact on the environment is to consider how the world would fare if all the people disappeared

Broadband Room Service by Light; July 2007; by Mohsen Kavehrad; 6 Page(s)

Encoded light transmissions can provide the wireless devices in a room with multimedia Web services

Should Science Speak to Faith?; July 2007; by Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins; 4 Page(s)

Two prominent defenders of science discuss how scientists ought to approach believers

Insights: A Little Privacy, Please; July 2007; by Chip Walter; 3 Page(s)

Computer scientist Latanya Sweeney's search for privacy

Working Knowledge: In or Out?; July 2007; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Hawkeye on the tennis court

Reviews; July 2007; by Michelle Press; 1 Page(s)

Justifying mistakes. Getting better. Tracking the Anasazi

Ask the Experts; July 2007; by Stephen Morris, Jeremy Barnes; 1 Page(s)

Why do ice cubes develop stalagmite-like spikes? Does sleeping after a meal lead to weight gain?

Fact or Fiction?; July 2007; by David Biello; 1 Page(s)

Does premium gasoline deliver premium benefits for your car?