Scientific American Contents, October 2013 Volume 309 Number 4, pp 6 - 100

TABLE OF CONTENTS October 2013 Volume 309, Issue 4 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 Nexus of Invention   p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-6 Letters Top Letters   pp8 - 10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-8 Science Agenda Top Fiddling While the World Warms   p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-12 Forum Top Climate in the Classroom   p14 Eugenie C. Scott and Minda Berbeco doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-14 Advances Top Coyotes in the Crosswalks? Fuggedaboutit!   p17 Jesse Greenspan doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-17 Doing a World of Good   p18 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-18a By the Numbers   p18 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-18b The Perfect Kelvin   p19 Lee Billings doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-19 Universe Out of Balance   p20 Charles Q. Choi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-20a By the Numbers   p20 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-20b The Holey Land   p21 Arielle Duhaime-Ross doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-21 What is it?   p22 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-22 Taste-Blind Mice Make Tangled Sperm   p23 Veronique Greenwood doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-23 The Great Explicator   p24 Brian Hayes doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-24 Madagascar's Towering Baobab Trees on the Brink   p26 John R. Platt doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-26 The Liver Transplant Divide   p28 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-28 Total Recall   p29 Arielle Duhaime-Ross doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-29a Hackers Crack the iPhone   p29 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-29b By the Numbers   p29 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-29c The Science of Health Top The Pertussis Parable   pp34 - 36 Maryn McKenna doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-34 TechnoFiles Top Edit Your Photos? Feed the Meter   p38 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-38 Features Top An Ear to the Big Bang   pp40 - 47 Ross D. Andersen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-40 Long Live the Humans   pp48 - 55 Heather Pringle doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-48 Crossroads of Invention   pp56 - 57 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-56 Who Will Bankroll the Next Big Idea?   pp58 - 61 David J. Kappos doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-58 The Power of Many Minds   p60 Subra Suresh doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-60 The Polyglot Patent Boom   pp62 - 63 Lee Branstetter, Guangwei Li and Francisco Veloso doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-62 Innovation Scorecard   pp64 - 65 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-64 Why Can't Mexico Make Science Pay Off?   pp66 - 71 Erik Vance doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-66 Help for the Child with Autism   pp72 - 77 Nicholas Lange and Christopher J. McDougle doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-72 The Data-Driven Society   pp78 - 83 Alex "Sandy" Pentland doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-78 How to Build a Robot Octopus   pp84 - 87 Katherine Harmon Courage doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-84 Russia's New Empire: Nuclear Power   pp88 - 93 Eve Conant doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-88 Reviews and Recommendations Top Primates of the World   p94 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-94a Life at the Speed of Light   p94 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-94b Five Billion Years of Solitude   p94 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-94c Love and Math   p94 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-94d Skeptic Top When Science Doesn't Support Beliefs   p95 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-95 Anti Gravity Top Bouillabaisse Biology   p96 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-96 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   pp98 - 99 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-98 Graphic Science Top Renewable Energy's Hidden Costs   p100 John Matson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1013-100 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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