January 2007
Scientific American Magazine

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

Table of Contents; January 2007; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Meet Resistance Head-On; January 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Fight antibiotic-resistant infections more widely and aggressively

How to Contact Us and On the Web; January 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters; January 2007; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; January 2007; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

The Modern Condition; Utility of Flight; News from Africa

Kim's Big Fizzle; January 2007; by Graham P. Collins; 2 Page(s)

The physics behind a nuclear dud

Seismic Sentries; January 2007; by Sarah Simpson; 2 Page(s)

Why underground nuclear tests are so hard to hide

Pollution in Solution; January 2007; by Charles Q. Choi; 2 Page(s)

Drug-resistance DNA as the latest freshwater threat

Seeing Stars in Iraq; January 2007; by Mike Simmons; 2 Page(s)

Restoring wrecked observatory may boost Iraqi science

Here Come the X-Mice; January 2007; by Christine Soares; 2 Page(s)

A mutant mouse army to battle disease

Real Stinkers Reformed; January 2007; by Steven Ashley; 2 Page(s)

Malodorous but useful chemicals now smell sweet

News Scan Briefs; January 2007; by Nikhil Swaminathan, JR Minkel, David Biello, Alison Snyder; 3 Page(s)

Moon Gas; I Don't See the Light; Being Cool for a Longer Life; Language Trumps Innate Spatial Cognition; Partners in Pain; Brain Gain

By the Numbers: Teen Sex in America; January 2007; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

Virginity into the third millennium takes an uptick

Skeptic: Airborne Baloney; January 2007; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

The latest fad in cold remedies is full of hot air

Sustainable Developments: The Neglected Tropical Diseases; January 2007; by Jeffrey D. Sachs; 1 Page(s)

For the equivalent of a few days' worth of military spending, devastating illnesses of the global poor could be controlled worldwide

What Is a Planet?; January 2007; by Steven Soter; 8 Page(s)

The controversial new official definition of "planet," which banished Pluto, has its flaws but by and large captures essential scientific principles

Is Ethanol for the Long Haul?; January 2007; by Matthew L. Wald; 8 Page(s)

Ethanol could displace gasoline, but it won't pay off until we find a way to distill cornstalks, not corn.

The Power of Riboswitches; January 2007; by Jeffrey E. Barrick and Ronald R. Breaker; 8 Page(s)

Recently discovered RNA segments that act like on-off switches for genes may be targets for new classes of drugs

A Robot in Every Home; January 2007; by Bill Gates; 8 Page(s)

Microsoft's founding CEO predicts that robotics is on the verge of a grand awakening and that intelligent mobile devices will soon be everywhere

Evolved for Cancer?; January 2007; by Carl Zimmer; 8 Page(s)

Some scientists hope to find new clues to help fight cancer by studying the evolutionary history of the disorder in our species

The Mississippi's Curious Origins; January 2007; by Roy B. Van Arsdale and Randel T. Cox; 8 Page(s)

Mountains once blocked the interior of North America from the south. Geologic sleuthing reveals how that barrier was breached, allowing the Mississippi to reach the Gulf of Mexico

Better Ways to Target Pain; January 2007; by Gary Stix; 4 Page(s)

Improved understanding of the chemical pathway on which aspirin and Vioxx act may lead to superior analgesics

Working Knowledge: Grass vs. Plastic; January 2007; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

High-tech turf

Anti Gravity: Sweet and Soiled Science; January 2007; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

Limbs and hands from the northeast to the southwest

Ask the Experts; January 2007; by Bert Ely; 1 Page(s)

How do researchers trace mitochondrial DNA over centuries?