Scientific American Contents, September 2012 Volume 307 Number 3, pp 6 - 96

TABLE OF CONTENTS September 2012 Volume 307, Issue 3 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 Recommend to your library Web feed Available online only Subscribe Advertisement Scientific American Recommend to your library for online access Scientific American provides you with an overview of the latest in science and technology. Covering everything from medical research and hypertension to global climate change and evolution, Scientific American offers researchers, students, educators an online scientific resource they can rely on. Recommend site license access to your library today!   From the Editor Top Out of Bounds   p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-6 Letters Top Letters   pp8 - 9 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-8 Science Agenda Top Safer Drugs for Kids   p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-12 Forum Top Brain Science in the Classroom   p14 Daniel T. Willingham doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-14 Advances Top How Healthy Is Your Ocean?   pp16 - 17 Benjamin S. Halpern doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-16 Ready, Set, Implant   p18 Oscar Berlanga doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-18a What is it?   p18 Ann Chin doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-18b Cover Charge   p20 Evelyn Lamb doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-20b The Import of the Higgs Boson   pp20 - 21 Robert Garisto and Abhishek Agarwal doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-20a Not Worth the Risk?   p22 Dave Mosher doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-22 Meteor Hunt   p23 Marissa Fessenden doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-23 Fish Swap Dinner for Sex   p24 Katherine Harmon doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-24a Howdy, Neighbor   p24 John R. Platt doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-24b Chickpea Revolution   p26 Aishwarya Nukala doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-26 Wobble, Wobble   p27 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-27a Cholesterol Confusion   p27 Thea Singer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-27b Tooth Sleuths   p28 Kate Wong doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-28a I Think, Therefore I Spell   p28 Ferris Jabr doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-28b The Science of Health Top Clean Sweep   pp30 - 31 Maryn McKenna doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-30 TechnoFiles Top Hollywood Killed the Video Star   p36 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-36 Features Top Beyond Limits   pp38 - 39 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-38 Super Humanity   pp40 - 43 Robert M. Sapolsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-40 Can We Keep Getting Smarter?   pp44 - 47 Tim Folger doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-44 The Case of the Sleeping Slayer   pp48 - 53 James Vlahos doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-48 How We All Will Live to Be 100   pp54 - 57 Katherine Harmon doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-54 Mind in Motion   pp58 - 63 Miguel A. L. Nicolelis doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-58 The Edge of Ambition   pp64 - 65 Dave Mosher doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-64 Machines of the Infinite   pp66 - 71 John Pavlus doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-66 Questions for the Next Million Years   pp72 - 77 Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-72 The Great Climate Experiment   pp78 - 83 Ken Caldeira doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-78 Beyond the Quantum Horizon   pp84 - 89 David Deutsch and Artur Ekert doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-84 Reviews and Recommendations Top Stardust Revolution   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-90a Measurement   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-90b The Medical Book   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-90c Lost Antarctica   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-90d Recommended: Also Notable   p90 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-90e Skeptic Top Conspiracy Contradictions   p91 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-91 Anti Gravity Top Bring Out Your Dead   p92 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-92 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   pp94 - 95 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-94 Graphic Science Top Which Creatures Live the Longest?   p96 Fred Guterl doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0912-96 Top   Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. The contents of the Natureevents Directory are now live. The digital version is available here. Find the latest scientific conferences, courses, meetings and symposia on natureevents.com. For event advertising opportunities across the Nature Publishing Group portfolio please contact natureevents@nature.com More Nature Events

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