Scientific American Contents, July 2013 Volume 309 Number 1, pp 4 - 98

TABLE OF CONTENTS July 2013 Volume 309, Issue 1 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 Scientific Citizens   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-4 Letters Top Letters   pp6 - 8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-6 Science Agenda Top Exploded Trust   p10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-10 Forum Top Wear Them, Forget Them   p12 Philippe Kahn doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-12 Advances Top Prickly Painkiller   p14 Arlene Weintraub doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-14 Going Deep   p17 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-17a By The Numbers   p17 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-17b Produce-Loving Pests   p18 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-18 Art from Above   p20 Marissa Fessenden doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-20 The Future of Smart Glasses   p21 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-21 Cull of the Wild   p22 Shruti Ravindran doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-22 Frothy Physics   p23 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-23a Patent Watch   p23 Marissa Fessenden doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-23b Don't Pince Me, Please   p24 Becky Crew doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-24a Streams of Consciousness   p24 Ferris Jabr doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-24b A Star's Last Breath   p25 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-25a By The Numbers   p25 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-25b Lights, Camera, Atoms   p26 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-26 The Science of Health Top Do CT Scans Cause Cancer?   pp30 - 32 Carina Storrs doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-30 TechnoFiles Top In Search of a Mind-Reading Machine   p34 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-34 Features Top The Dawn of Distant Skies   pp40 - 47 Michael D. Lemonick doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-40 Once Blind and Now They See   pp48 - 55 Pawan Sinha doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-48 Greenhouse Goo   pp56 - 61 David Biello doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-56 When Animals Mourn   pp62 - 67 Barbara J. King doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-62 A Nobel Gathering   pp68 - 79 Ferris Jabr doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-68 The Diabolical Genius of an Ancient Scourge   pp80 - 85 Sally Lehrman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-80 Walls of Water   pp86 - 89 Dana Mackenzie doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-86 Reviews and Recommendations Top People, Parasites, and Plowshares   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-90a The Cartoon Introduction to Statistics   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-90b Thinking in Numbers   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-90c Rocket Girl   p90 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-90d Skeptic Top Gods of the Gaps   p92 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-92 Anti Gravity Top Bingo Was Not His Name-O   p94 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-94 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   pp96 - 97 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-96 Graphic Science Top Family, Friends and Gunshot   p98 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0713-98 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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