March 2013
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; March 2013; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; March 2013; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editor: The Story of Creation; March 2013; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Letters; March 2013; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

Science Agenda: Ready, Aim, Investigate; March 2013; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Like it or not, guns are here to stay. To keep ourselves safer, we must study how they are used to kill

Forum: What Is Your Question?; March 2013; by Dennis M. Bartels; 1 Page(s)

Critical thinking is a teachable skill best taught outside the K–12 classroom

Up with Microbes; March 2013; by Rose Eveleth; 1 Page(s)

Cloud-borne bacteria may affect human health and the environment

A Drying Rain Forest; March 2013; by Barbara Fraser; 1 Page(s)

The Peruvian Amazon struggles to adapt to a warmer, drier future

Patent Watch; March 2013; by Marissa Fessenden; 1 Page(s)

From A to Zinc; March 2013; by Anne Underwood; 1 Page(s)

A mobile scanner may tell shoppers which piece of fruit has the most vitamins

No Harm Done?; March 2013; by Melinda Wenner Moyer; 1 Page(s)

A majority of teens see marijuana as risk-free

Beyond the Ocean's Surface; March 2013; by Karen A. Frankel; 1 Page(s)

A robotic sub sets a distance record while recording a trove of data

Medical Advice Before Taking a Space Flight; March 2013; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Before the Deluge; March 2013; by Mark Fischetti; 1 Page(s)

New observatories may help predict flooding from Pacific storms

What Is It?; March 2013; by Ann Chin; 1 Page(s)

How the Slinky Buckles; March 2013; by Eveyln Lamb; 1 Page(s)

A series of experiments shed light on “overcurvature”

Not Too Close for Comfort; March 2013; by John Matson; 1 Page(s)

Asteroids regularly buzz Earth, but new data show that impacts are extremely unlikely

Crime Boss; March 2013; by Marissa Fessenden; 1 Page(s)

A statistician brings data-driven thinking to the science of criminal justice

Expensive Organs; March 2013; by Christie Wilcox; 1 Page(s)

Big brains may mean small guts

Eyes in the Sky; March 2013; by John R. Platt; 1 Page(s)

Crowdfunded drones could help protect Kenyan rhinos

The Science of Health: The New Age of Medical Monitoring; March 2013; by Maryn McKenna; 2 Page(s)

Mobile phones and tiny sensors are making it easier to quickly flag health trends

Technofiles: Term of Confusion; March 2013; by David Pogue; 1 Page(s)

Online privacy and service agreements should sound like what they mean

The Origins of Creativity; March 2013; by Heather Pringle; 8 Page(s)

New evidence of ancient ingenuity forces scientists to reconsider when our ancestors started thinking outside the box

The Inner Life of Star Clusters; March 2013; by Steven W. Stahler; 8 Page(s)

All stars are born in groups but then slowly disperse into space. A new theory seeks to explain how these groups form and fall apart or, in rare cases, persist for hundreds of millions of years

The End of Orange Juice; March 2013; by Anna Kuchment; 8 Page(s)

A devastating disease is killing citrus trees from Florida to California

Flight of the Robobees; March 2013; by Robert Wood, Radhika Nagpal and Gu-Yeon Wei; 6 Page(s)

Thousands of robotic insects will take to the skies in pursuit of a shared goal

New Threat from Poxviruses; March 2013; by Sonia Shah; 6 Page(s)

Smallpox may be gone, but its viral cousins—monkeypox and cowpox—are staging a comeback

The Government Wants Your DNA; March 2013; by Erin Murphy; 6 Page(s)

Cops can collect DNA when making an arrest, sometimes before charging a person with a crime. This practice poses a threat to the civil liberties of innocent people

A Dolphin's Tale; March 2013; by Emily Anthes; 4 Page(s)

A bottlenose named Winter lost her tail to a crab trap. So scientists built her a new one

Recommended; March 2013; by Anna Kuchment; 1 Page(s)

Skeptic: Dictators and Diehards; March 2013; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Pluralistic ignorance and the last best hope on earth

Anti-Gravity: Getting to the Bottom; March 2013; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

An analysis of old customs makes us privy to a slice of ancient life

50, 100, 150 Years Ago; March 2013; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 2 Page(s)

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

Graphic Science: Mission: Risk-Averse; March 2013; by John Matson; 1 Page(s)

Planetary exploration is stuck in a Martian rut

Flight of the Robobees; March 2013; by Robert Wood, Radhika Nagpal and Gu-Yeon Wei; 6 Page(s)

Thousands of robotic insects will take to the skies in pursuit of a shared goal