October 2004
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

SA Perspectives: Breathing Difficulties; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Breathing problems

How to Contact Us and On the Web; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Letters to the Editors; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Crick and DNA; Water Trumps Steam; Whaling and Cholera

An Uncertain Defense; October 2004; by W. Wayt Gibbs; 2 Page(s)

How do you test that a human Ebola vaccine works? You don't

Readying for a Relaunch; October 2004; by Mark Alpert; 2 Page(s)

NASA makes the space shuttle safer but limits its missions

Transfer Troubles; October 2004; by Cathryn M. Delude; 1 Page(s)

Cloning success in animals doesn't extend to humans

Heartbeat Poetry; October 2004; by Nicole Garbarini; 3 Page(s)

Verse speaks to matters of the heart--literally

Hawking a Theory; October 2004; by Graham P. Collins; 2 Page(s)

Is the black hole information paradox solved?

The Service of Siblings; October 2004; by Lisa DeKeukelaere; 2 Page(s)

Socially speaking, having brothers and sisters may be better than being an only child

By the Numbers: Energy Geopolitics; October 2004; by Rodger Doyle; 1 Page(s)

World power could shift if natural gas supplants oil

News Scan Briefs; October 2004; by Charles Choi, JR Minkel; 2 Page(s)

Whale Today, Gone to Marrow; Surf's Up--Way Up; Fever in, Schizophrenia Out; Francis Crick, 1916-2004; The Phantom Menace; Trout from Salmon

Skeptic: The Myth Is the Message; October 2004; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Yet another discovery of the lost continent of Atlantis shows why science and myth make uneasy bedfellows

Insights: Father of Spirit and Opportunity; October 2004; by David Appell; 2 Page(s)

With the success of twin rovers on the Red Planet, Steven W. Squyres and his team are showing how to conduct robotic missions--and setting the stage for human exploration

A Universe of Disks; October 2004; by Omer Blaes; 8 Page(s)

New research reveals the dynamics of the spinning disks of gas that surround young stars and gargantuan black holes

The Hidden Genetic Program of Complex Organisms; October 2004; by John S. Mattick; 8 Page(s)

Biologists assumed that proteins alone regulate the genes of humans and other complex organisms. But an overlooked regulatory system based on RNA may hold the keys to development and evolution

Controlling Hurricanes; October 2004; by Ross N. Hoffman; 8 Page(s)

Can hurricanes and other severe tropical storms be moderated or deflected?

The Internet of Things; October 2004; by Neil Gershenfeld, Raffi Krikorian and Danny Cohen; 6 Page(s)

The principles that gave rise to the Internet are now leading to a new kind of network of everyday devices, an "Internet-0"

Dying to See; October 2004; by Ralf Dahm; 8 Page(s)

Studies of the lens of the eye not only could reveal ways to prevent cataracts but also might illuminate the biology of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other diseases in which cells commit suicide

Fixing the Vote; October 2004; by Ted Selker; 8 Page(s)

Electronic voting machines promise to make elections more accurate than ever before, but only if certain problems--with the machines and the wider electoral process--are rectified

Hitting the Genetic Off Switch; October 2004; by Gary Stix; 4 Page(s)

A host of start-ups is speeding development of a new class of drugs that block the action of RNA

Working Knowledge: Shock Absorbed; October 2004; by Mark Fischetti; 2 Page(s)

Earthquake protection

Technicalities: Gadget Envy; October 2004; by Mark Alpert; 3 Page(s)

All-in-one cell phones can do just about anything

Reviews: Faith-Boosting Genes; October 2004; by Carl Zimmer, Staff Editors; 3 Page(s)

The God Gene argues that DNA drives people to search for God. Also, The Editors Recommend

Anti Gravity: Six-Legged Cinema; October 2004; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

The big screen has been beset by bugs since the beginning

Ask the Experts; October 2004; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Why do some expectant fathers experience pregnancy symptoms? Why does a shaken soda fizz more than an unshaken one?