Scientific American Contents, November 2012 Volume 307 Number 5, pp 6 - 92

TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2012 Volume 307, 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 Recommend to your library Web feed Available online only Subscribe Advertisement Nurture your career with the new-look Naturejobs As the world's largest dedicated jobs boards for the scientific community, Naturejobs is the ideal resource to build your career. Our new and improved functionality enables you to search, save and apply for jobs quickly and easily. Search over 10,000 vacancies to find exactly the right job for you at: www.naturejobs.com 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 Of Quarks and (Presidential) Men   p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-6 Letters Top Letters   pp8 - 10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-8 Science Agenda Top Future Jobs Depend on a Science-Based Economy   p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-12 Forum Top The Voting Gene   p14 Evan Charney and William English doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-14 Advances Top The Autism Pill   p16 Alla Katsnelson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-16 You Are Here   p18 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-18a Scaled Down   p18 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-18b Roaches to the Rescue   p19 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-19 Dead in the Water   p20 Carrie Madren doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-20 What is it?   p22 Ann Chin doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-22 A Shot in the Arm   p23 Melinda Wenner Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-23 Some Don't Like It Hot   p24 Daisy Yuhas doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-24a Patent Watch   p24 Marissa Fessenden doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-24b From Tail Chasing to Hand Washing   p25 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-25 Fickle Fairies   p26 Marissa Fessenden doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-26a The Robot Will See You Now   p26 Lina Zeldovich doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-26b Break More to Break Less   p27 Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-27 Helpless by Design?   p28 Kate Wong doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-28a Breaking the Ice   p28 Eve Conant doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-28b The Last Frontier   p29 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-29 The Science of Health Top Virtues of the Virtual Autopsy   pp30 - 32 Maryn McKenna doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-30 TechnoFiles Top To Track My Thief   p34 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-34 Features Top The Inner Life of Quarks   pp36 - 43 Don Lincoln doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-36 Grow Your Own Eye   pp44 - 49 Yoshiki Sasai doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-44 Global Warming: Faster Than Expected?   pp50 - 55 John Carey doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-50 The Strangest Bird   pp56 - 61 R. Ewan Fordyce and Daniel T. Ksepka doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-56 America's Science Problem   pp62 - 71 Shawn Lawrence Otto doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-62 Autism and the Technical Mind   pp72 - 75 Simon Baron-Cohen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-72 A New Enlightenment   pp76 - 81 George Musser doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-76 Reviews and Recommendations Top The Particle at the End of the Universe   p84 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-84a Drinking Water   p84 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-84b The Logician and the Engineer   p84 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-84c Brain on Fire   p84 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-84d Recommended: Also notable   p84 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-84e Skeptic Top Shock and Awe   p86 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-86 Anti Gravity Top A Trivers Runs through It   p88 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-88 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   pp90 - 91 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-90 Graphic Science Top Tag—You're Sick   p92 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1112-92 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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