June 2011
Scientific American Magazine

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Cover; June 2011; by Staff Editor; 1 Page(s)

Table of Contents; June 2011; by Staff Editor; 2 Page(s)

From the Editor; June 2011; by Mariette DiChristina; 1 Page(s)

Quantum Leap

Letters; June 2011; by The Editors; 2 Page(s)

Letters to the editor from the February 2011 issue of Scientific American

Science Agenda: Coming Clean about Nuclear Power; June 2011; by The Editors; 1 Page(s)

Regulators and industry have one precious moment to recapture the public's trust

Forum: An Epidemic of False Claims; June 2011; by John P. A. Ioannidis; 1 Page(s)

Competition and conflicts of interest distort too many medical findings

Hack My Ride; June 2011; by Larry Greenemeier; 1 Page(s)

Increasingly sophisticated onboard computers may put cars in danger of cyberattacks

The Smallest Hitchhikers; June 2011; by Amanda Rose Martinez; 1 Page(s)

Marine microbes may hold the key to the ocean's disappearing plastic

Treating Tourette's; June 2011; by Sonya Collins; 1 Page(s)

A gene mutation that causes low histamine levels may be behind some tic disorders

What Is It?; June 2011; by Ann Chin; 1 Page(s)

Fraying matter

Spies Inside; June 2011; by ÿÿMelinda Wenner Moyer; 1 Page(s)

A new generation of electrodes is small and flexible enough to fit inside the heart or brain

Will the Internet Stop on June 8?; June 2011; by Mark Fischetti; 1 Page(s)

Companies and individuals have gobbled up nearly every Internet protocol address available

Material Poet; June 2011; by Material Poet; 1 Page(s)

An artist trained in science talks about "cloning" million-year-old glaciers

Off the Tree, Ready to Eat; June 2011; by Carrie Arnold; 1 Page(s)

Scientists have figured out the genetic basis of seedless fruit

No X-aggeration; June 2011; by John Allen Paulos; 1 Page(s)

How companies can gather information and still preserve privacy

How Brains Bounce Back; June 2011; by Tim Requarth; Meehan Crist; 1 Page(s)

After a traumatic injury, neurons that govern memory can regenerate

Join the F***ing Club; June 2011; by Joan Raymond; 1 Page(s)

Why swearwords have taken over Billboard's top 10 chart

The Science of Health: Shades of Grief; June 2011; by Virginia Hughes; 2 Page(s)

When does mourning become a mental illness that doctors should treat?

Technofiles: Critical Mass; June 2011; by David Pogue; 1 Page(s)

The wisdom of crowds can be brilliant. It can also be corrupt

Living In A Quantum World; June 2011; by Vlatko Vedral; 6 Page(s)

Quantum mechanics is not just about teeny particles. It applies to things of all sizes: birds, plants, maybe even people

A Test for Consciousness; June 2011; by Christof Koch; Giulio Tononi; 4 Page(s)

How will we know when we've built a sentient computer? By making it solve a simple puzzle

Planning for the Black Swan; June 2011; by Adam Piore; 6 Page(s)

The surprising accident at Fukushima puts the spotlight on a new generation of U.S. nuclear reactors. Are they safe enough?

A Nobel Celebration; June 2011; by Ferris Jabr; 10 Page(s)

As Nobel Prize winners gather this month to share their wisdom with younger researchers, Scientific American recalls some of the articles that Nobel laureates have published in our pages

Inside the Meat Lab; June 2011; by Jeffrey Bartholet; 6 Page(s)

A handful of scientists aim to satisfy the world's growing appetite for steak without wrecking the planet. The first step: grab a petri dish

The Smartest Bacteria on Earth; June 2011; by Anna Kuchment; 2 Page(s)

One species of soil microbe makes unusually wise communal decisions

The Devil's Cancer; June 2011; by Menna E. Jones; Hamish McCallum; 6 Page(s)

A contagious tumor threatens to wipe out the famous Tasmanian devil. Could similarly "catching" cancers arise in humans, too?

Greater Glory; June 2011; by Edward J. Larson; 6 Page(s)

In the race to the South Pole, explorer Robert F. Scott refused to sacrifice his ambitious science agenda

"I Stick to Science"; June 2011; by Michael D. Lemonick; 4 Page(s)

Why Richard A. Muller wouldn't tell House climate skeptics what they wanted to hear

Recommended; June 2011; by Kate Wong; 1 Page(s)

Books and recommendation from Scientific American

Skeptic: The Myth of Evil Aliens; June 2011; by Michael Shermer; 1 Page(s)

Why Stephen Hawking is wrong about the danger of extraterrestrial intelligences

Anti-Gravity: Dining and Dancing; June 2011; by Steve Mirsky; 1 Page(s)

A few easy fixes for long-standing culinary and terpsichorean problems

50, 100, 150 Years Ago; June 2011; by Daniel C. Schlenoff; 1 Page(s)

Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American

Graphic Science: Up in Flames; June 2011; by Mark Fischetti; 1 Page(s)

Global warming could scorch the western U.S.