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November 2010

November 2010
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Cover; November 2010; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; November 2010; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editor; November 2010; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Teachable Moments

Letters; November 2010; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Letters to the editor from the July 2010 issue of Scientific American

Science Agenda: Hearing the Music, Honing the Mind; November 2010; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Music produces profound and lasting changes in the brain. Schools should add classes, not cut them

Forum: Fudge Factor; November 2010; by Scott O. Lilienfeld; 1 Page(s)

Did Marc Hauser know what he was doing?

Window Shopping for Electric Cars; November 2010; by Michael Moyer; 1 Page(s)

How consumers can compare plug-in vehicles with their gasoline-powered cousins

Finding a Killer's Achilles' Heel; November 2010; by Jeneen Interlandi; 1 Page(s)

The 1918 flu genome may help fight future outbreaks

Hawking vs. God; November 2010; by Davide Castelvecchi; 1 Page(s)

The battle for eternity is fought on Larry King Live

Bugs in Space; November 2010; by Charles Q. Choi; 1 Page(s)

Microscopic miners could help humans thrive on other planets

Fit for a Princess; November 2010; by Adam Piore; 1 Page(s)

How the laws of physics helped style Disney's newest star

Nice Germs Finish Last; November 2010; by Melinda Wenner Moyer; 1 Page(s)

Resistant bacteria help their kin survive antibiotics, but at a cost

The Iceman's Last Stand; November 2010; by Kate Wong; 1 Page(s)

The story of a famous corpse gets a surprising twist

Getting It Right on Stem Cells; November 2010; by Jeneen Interlandi; 1 Page(s)

Why hundreds of embryonic stem cell lines aren't enough

Darwin Was a Punk; November 2010; by David Biello; 1 Page(s)

Evolutionary biologist and musician Greg Graffin explains why there are no good songs about science and how evolution can be a guide to life

To Breed a Better Bird; November 2010; by John H. Tucker; 1 Page(s)

A quick and cheap way of mapping the turkey genome may lead to more precise livestock farming methods

Laser Tag; November 2010; by Charles Q. Choi; 1 Page(s)

Off-the-shelf technology could ward off missile attacks on military helicopters

Going with the Flow; November 2010; by George Musser; 1 Page(s)

Could electrical transformers have a gravitational analogue?

Status Update: "I'm So Glamorous"; November 2010; by John H. Tucker; 1 Page(s)

A study of Facebook users shows how narcissism and low self-esteem can be interrelated

What Is It?; November 2010; by Anna Kuchment; 1 Page(s)

A small, small world

The Science of Health: Why Women Live Longer; November 2010; by Thomas Kirkwood; 2 Page(s)

Stress alone does not explain the longevity gap

Technofiles: The Trouble with E-Readers; November 2010; by David Pogue; 1 Page(s)

Electronic books are still far too crude to replace ink and paper

Dark Worlds; November 2010; by Jonathan Feng; Mark Trodden; 8 Page(s)

A shadow cosmos, woven silently into our own, may have its own rich inner life

Controlling the Brain with Light; November 2010; by Karl Deisseroth; 8 Page(s)

With a technique called optogenetics, researchers can probe how the nervous system works in unprecedented detail. Their findings could lead to better treatments for psychiatric problems

How to Build the Supergrid; November 2010; by Matthew L. Wald; 4 Page(s)

The U.S. needs a new electric transmission system to deliver cleaner, more reliable power nationwide. Four steps could clear hurdles

Phosphorus Lake; November 2010; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Strip-mining Florida to fertilize the nation

Dr. Unification; November 2010; by Amir D. Aczel; 4 Page(s)

For years the cosmos and the atom have been at odds with one another. If any physicist can reconcile them, it's Steven Weinberg

Halting the World's Most Lethal Parasite; November 2010; by Mary Carmichael; 8 Page(s)

A new malaria vaccine, a plan to immunize mosquitoes and other "crazy" ideas have brightened prospects for vanquishing this killer

From Silk Cocoon to Medical Miracle; November 2010; by Fiorenzo Omenetto; David Kaplan; 2 Page(s)

Scientists are crafting arteries, ligaments, circuitry and holograms from worm yarn

Climate Heretic; November 2010; by Michael D. Lemonick; 6 Page(s)

Why can't we have a civil conversation about climate?

Recommended; November 2010; by Kate Wong; 1 Page(s)

Books and recommendations from Scientific American

Sketpic: The Skeptic's Skeptic; November 2010; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

In the battle for ideas, scientists could learn from Christopher Hitchens

Anti-Gravity: Oh, We Have Liftoff All Right; November 2010; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

NASA and astronauts face the dirty reality of slipping the surly bonds of Earth

50, 100, 150 Years Ago; November 2010; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 1 Page(s)

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

Graphic Science: The Great Chemical Unknown; November 2010; by Mark Fischetti; 1 Page(s)

Only a tiny fraction of the compounds around us have been tested for safety




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