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September 2003
Scientific American Magazine
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Cover; September 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
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Public Not Welcome; September 2003; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 2 Page(s)
Libraries cut off access to the scientific literature
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Fatal Attachments; September 2003; by Graham P. Collins; 2 Page(s)
Extremely low energy electrons can wreck DNA
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Nietzsche's Toxicology; September 2003; by Rebecca Renner; 3 Page(s)
Whatever doesn't kill you might make you stronger
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Handicaps in CAPPS; September 2003; by Wendy M. Grossman; 2 Page(s)
Computerized passenger screening is not so easy
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Photovoltaic Finesse; September 2003; by Daniel Cho; 1 Page(s)
Better solar cells - with wires where the sun don't shine
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Next-Generation GPS; September 2003; by Steven Ashley; 1 Page(s)
Global positioning inches toward a makeover
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News Scan Briefs; September 2003; by Dennis Watkins, Charles Choi, Philip Yam; 2 Page(s)
Reviving Retinas; Bacterial Motor Works; Peace with Peanuts; New Light on Old Sol; Speed Control; Punch Buggy Black and Blue; Data Points: Close to Home; Brief Points
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Insights: A Biomedical Politician; September 2003; by Carol Ezzell; 2 Page(s)
Detractors initially worried that he might be a White House shill, but Elias A. Zerhouni says his medical thinking guides his stewardship of the National Institutes of Health
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Ultimate Self-Improvement; September 2003; by Gary Stix; 2 Page(s)
The brain is still an enigma. But that won't stop us from trying to enhance mental functioning
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Brain, Repair Yourself; September 2003; by Fred H. Gage; 8 Page(s)
How do you fix a broken brain? The answers may literally lie within our heads. The same approaches might also boost the power of an already healthy brain
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The Quest for a Smart Pill; September 2003; by Stephen S. Hall; 10 Page(s)
New drugs to improve memory and cognitive performance in impaired individuals are under intensive study. Their possible use in healthy people already triggers debate
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Stimulating the Brain; September 2003; by Mark S. George; 8 Page(s)
Activating the brain's circuitry with pulsed magnetic fields may help ease depression, enhance cognition, even fight fatigue
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Mind Readers; September 2003; by Philip Ross; 4 Page(s)
Brain-scanning machines may soon be capable of discerning rudimentary thoughts and separating fact from fiction
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The Mutable Brain; September 2003; by Marguerite Holloway; 8 Page(s)
Score one for believers in the adage "use it or lose it." Targeted mental and physical exercises seem to improve the brain in unexpected ways
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Taming Stress; September 2003; by Robert Sapolsky; 10 Page(s)
An emerging understanding of the brain's stress pathways points toward treatments for anxiety and depression beyond Valium and Prozac
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Diagnosing Disorders; September 2003; by Steven E. Hyman; 8 Page(s)
Psychiatric illnesses are often hard to recognize, but genetic testing and neuroimaging could someday be used to improve detection
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Is Better Best?; September 2003; by Arthur L. Caplan; 2 Page(s)
A noted ethicist argues in favor of brain enhancement
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Voyages: Friable Flowers; September 2003; by Marguerite Holloway; 2 Page(s)
Glass under glass: Harvard University's unusual botanical collection
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Reviews: Biting Us and the Dust; September 2003; by Steve Mirsky; 3 Page(s)
Monsters of God finds the forgotten deities inside man-eating predators. Also, The Editors Recommend
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Ask the Experts; September 2003; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)
I was vaccinated against smallpox 40 years ago. Am I still protected? Why is the South Pole colder than the North Pole?
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Fuzzy Logic; September 2003; by Roz Chast; 1 Page(s)
Ed's Brain: The Flowchart
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