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Scientific American Contents, May 2012 Volume 306 Number 5, pp 6 - 96

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

May 2012 Volume 306, Issue 5

From the Editor
Letters
Science Agenda
Forum
Advances
The Science of Health
TechnoFiles
Features
Reviews and Recommendations
Skeptic
Anti Gravity
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Graphic Science


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From the Editor

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New Physics and Future Medicine p6
Mariette DiChristina
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-6
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Letters

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Letters pp8 - 10
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-8
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Science Agenda

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Fresh Fruit, Hold the Insulin p12
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-12
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Forum

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Boundary Conditions p14
Alice P. Gast
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-14
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Advances

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Is Supersymmetry Dead? pp16 - 18
Davide Castelvecchi
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-16
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Bright Microbes p19
Cheryl Lyn Dybas
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-19
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Bugs in the Ice Sheet p20
Cheryl Katz
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-20a
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Science Prizes p20
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-20b
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Weighing the Risks p22
Melinda Wenner Moyer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-22
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Goldbach's Prime Numbers p23
Davide Castelvecchi
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-23a
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Patent Watch p23
Rose Eveleth
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-23b
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[ldquo]It's Almost Science Fiction[rdquo] p24
David Biello
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-24a
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Stat p24
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-24b
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Does Digital Piracy Really Hurt Movies? p25
Michael Moyer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-25a
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What Is It? p25
Rose Eveleth
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-25b
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Not Ready for Takeoff p26
James E. Oberg
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-26a
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Real Males Eat Yogurt p26
Elie Dolgin
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-26b
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Stars to the Rescue p28
Marc Kuchner
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-28a
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How to Tell Who's Tracking You Online p28
Michael Moyer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-28b
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The Science of Health

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Return of the Clap pp30 - 31
Maryn McKenna
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-30
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TechnoFiles

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The Trouble with Wi-Fi p32
David Pogue
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-32
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Features

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Loops, Trees and the Search for New Physics pp34 - 41
Zvi Bern, Lance J. Dixon and David A. Kosower
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-34
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Tomorrow's Medicine pp42 - 47
Nancy Shute, Ferris Jabr and Katherine Harmon
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-42
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Triumph of the Titans pp48 - 55
Kristina A. Curry Rogers and Michael D. D'Emic
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-48
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Erasing Painful Memories pp56 - 61
Jerry Adler
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-56
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What a Plant Smells pp62 - 65
Daniel Chamovitz
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-62
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Telltale Hearts pp66 - 67
Ann Chin
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-66
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A Better Eye on the Storm pp68 - 73
Jane Lubchenco and Jack Hayes
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-68
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Nature's Color Tricks pp74 - 79
Philip Ball
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-74
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Professional Seer pp80 - 83
Larry Greenemeier
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-80
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Reviews and Recommendations

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Recommended pp84 - 85
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-84
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Skeptic

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Much Ado about Nothing p86
Michael Shermer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-86
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Anti Gravity

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Math Rules p92
Steve Mirsky
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-92
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50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago p94
Daniel C. Schlenoff
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-94
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Graphic Science

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High and Dry in the Food Desert p96
John Matson
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0512-96
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