November 2006
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: California, Here We Come; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

California leads the way on greenhouse gas limits

How to Contact Us and On the Web; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; November 2006; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Experimental Violence; "Father of Aviation"; The New Iron Age

Blastomere Blowup; November 2006; by Charles Q. Choi; 3 Page(s)

A novel way to harvest stem cells intrigues and inflames

Keeping CO₂ Down; November 2006; by Rebecca Renner; 3 Page(s)

The first U.S. project for carbon dioxide burial gives mixed results

Muscling Up Color; November 2006; by Steven Ashley; 2 Page(s)

Polymer splits light for true color in displays

Catchy Carbon; November 2006; by Sarah Simpson; 2 Page(s)

What Floyd Landis has in common with ocean sediment

Martian Field Test; November 2006; by Christina Reed; 2 Page(s)

Drilling in Greenland to prepare for Mars

Not Imagining It; November 2006; by David Biello; 3 Page(s)

Research into hallucinogens cautiously resumes

News Scan Briefs; November 2006; by David Biello, Kate Wong, JR Minkel; 2 Page(s)

Dark Matter Discovery; Engineered Cells Beat Back Cancer; Lucy's Baby; Anemic Phytoplankton; Washing Hands to Remove Moral Taint

By the Numbers: Myth: Red-Blue States; November 2006; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

American split in "culture war" unfounded

Skeptic: Wronger Than Wrong; November 2006; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Not all wrong theories are equal

Sustainable Developments: Welfare States, beyond Ideology; November 2006; by Jeffrey D. Sachs; 1 Page(s)

Are higher taxes and strong social "safety nets" antagonistic to a prosperous market economy? The evidence is now in

Forum: The Evolution of Future Wealth; November 2006; by Stuart A. Kauffman; 1 Page(s)

Technologies evolve much as species do, and that underappreciated fact is the key to growth

The Dark Ages of the Universe; November 2006; by Abraham Loeb; 8 Page(s)

Between the big bang and the formation of the first stars, the cosmos was utterly lightless. But astronomers can finally start peering into the darkness

Mirrors in the Mind; November 2006; by Giacomo Rizzolatti, Leonardo Fogassi and Vittorio Gallese; 8 Page(s)

Mirror neurons, a special class of cells in the brain, may mediate our ability to mimic, learn and understand the actions and intentions of others

Broken Mirrors: A Theory of Autism; November 2006; by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and Lindsay M. Oberman; 8 Page(s)

When the brain's mirror neuron system malfunctions, perhaps lack of empathy and other characteristics of autism are the result

Malware Goes Mobile; November 2006; by Mikko Hypponen; 8 Page(s)

Consumers, phone makers and security companies must move quickly to quash the threat of new viruses targeting mobile devices

Reviving Dead Zones; November 2006; by Laurence Mee; 8 Page(s)

Around the world, nutrients in runoff are turning coastal sea areas into oxygen-deprived dead zones hostile to life. But the example of the Black Sea shows these regions can be saved

Seeing with Superconductors; November 2006; by Kent D. Irwin; 8 Page(s)

Sensors made of superconducting material can detect individual photons and have applications ranging from antiterrorism to astronomy

The Origin of the Greek Constellations; November 2006; by Bradley E. Schaefer; 6 Page(s)

Was the Great Bear constellation named before hunter nomads first reached the Americas more than 13,000 years ago?

Working Knowledge: Gunk-Free Fiber; November 2006; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

The sticky problem of paper recycling

Anti Gravity: Uncommon Scents; November 2006; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

A whiff at the plate brings up a bouquet of possibilities

Ask the Experts; November 2006; by Robert Caldwell, Rashid Akmaev; 1 Page(s)

What is dark matter, and how is it affecting the universe? Does the moon also have a tidal effect on Earth's atmosphere?