October 2005
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Fill This Prescription; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Pharmacists' morals and women's needs

How to Contact Us and On the Web; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Nuclear Babel; Exobiology Babble; Cholera Fable

The Biggest Dig; October 2005; by Tim Hornyak; 3 Page(s)

Japan builds a ship to drill to the earth's mantle

One Face, One Neuron; October 2005; by Diane Martindale; 2 Page(s)

Storing Halle Berry in a single brain cell

A Force to Reckon With; October 2005; by Alexander Hellemans; 2 Page(s)

What applied the brakes on Pioneer 10 and 11?

Transistor Flow Control; October 2005; by Charles Q. Choi; 1 Page(s)

Forget valves--controlling fluids with electric fields

Quantum Bug; October 2005; by Graham P. Collins; 1 Page(s)

Qubits might spontaneously decay in seconds

Parsing Parasites; October 2005; by Kaspar Mossman; 2 Page(s)

Genomes of three tropical parasites are sequenced

Crawling Sensation; October 2005; by JR Minkel; 1 Page(s)

From all fours to bipedal giants--and needing parents

News Scan Briefs; October 2005; by JR Minkel, Charles Q. Choi; 2 Page(s)

Worlds without End; Missing in Maize; Clues to the Earth's Heat; Extreme Star Formation; Remember Wrong to Eat Right

By the Numbers: More Boys Than Girls; October 2005; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Skewed ratio may lead to the next sexual revolution

Skeptic: Unweaving the Heart; October 2005; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Science only adds to our appreciation for poetic beauty and experiences of emotional depth

Insights: The Beauty of Branes; October 2005; by Marguerite Holloway; 2 Page(s)

Lisa Randall's thinking on higher dimensions, warped space and membranes catalyzed ideas in cosmology and physics. It might even unify all four forces of nature

Ripples in a Galactic Pond; October 2005; by Fran¿oise Combes; 8 Page(s)

Astronomers are coming to realize that the beautiful shapes of galaxies are not merely incidental. They are essential to the galaxies' growth and development

New Bull's-Eyes for Drugs; October 2005; by Terry Kenakin; 8 Page(s)

A familiar class of cell-surface receptors turns out to offer an array of fresh targets that could yield new treatments for disorders ranging from HIV to obesity

A Cool Early Earth?; October 2005; by John W. Valley; 8 Page(s)

The textbook view that the earth spent its first half a billion years drenched in magma could be wrong. The surface may have cooled quickly--with oceans, nascent continents and the opportunity for life to form much earlier

The Forgotten Era of Brain Chips; October 2005; by John Horgan; 8 Page(s)

The work of Jose Delgado, a pioneering star in brain-stimulation research four decades ago, goes largely unacknowledged today. What happened?

Better Than a Dog; October 2005; by Gary Stix; 4 Page(s)

The search is on for a sensor that bests a canine at detecting explosives

Founder Mutations; October 2005; by Dennis Drayna; 8 Page(s)

A special class of genetic mutations that often cause human disease is enabling scientists to trace the migration and growth of specific human populations over thousands of years

Smart Wi-Fi; October 2005; by Alex Hills; 8 Page(s)

Wireless access to the Internet via Wi-Fi is increasingly popular, so the technology is being upgraded to ensure that users get prompt, reliable service

Working Knowledge: Paving the Way; October 2005; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Roads

Technicalities: Heavy-Metal Sweat; October 2005; by Gary Stix; 4 Page(s)

Does an infrared sauna really detoxify the body?

Reviews: Science Abuse; October 2005; by Boyce Rensberger; 3 Page(s)

The Republican War on Science documents a decades-old abuse of scientific thought for political ends

Anti Gravity: Additions and Corrections; October 2005; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

Making a case for a new planet and two dead stars

Ask the Experts; October 2005; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

What causes shin splints? Why do bees buzz?