Scientific American Contents, April 2014 Volume 310 Number 4, pp 6 - 92

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TABLE OF CONTENTS April 2014 Volume 310, 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 Out of Darkness   p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-6 Letters Top Letters   pp8 - 10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-8 Science Agenda Top Preserve the Endangered Species Act   p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-12 Forum Top Big Data Stalking   p14 Kate Crawford doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-14 Advances Top The New Black Hole Battle   p16 Michael Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-16 Cancer Culprit?   p18 Melinda Wenner Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-18 Cockroach Homecoming   p21 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-21a What Is It?   p21 Annie Sneed doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-21b War Funding Inside?   p22 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-22a By the Numbers   p22 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-22b Fuzzy Discovery   p23 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-23 Love Him or Eat Him?   p24 Nala Rogers doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-24 Where Farmers and Birds Agree   p26 Jason G. Goldman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-26 Solar Times Two   p27 Geoffrey Giller doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-27 When Cars Fly   p28 Jeremy Hsu doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-28a By the Numbers   p28 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-28b One-Way Street for Sound   p31 Charles Q. Choi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-31a By the Numbers   p31 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-31b Antibiotic Overkill   p32 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-32 Evolution's Little Helper   p33 Veronique Greenwood doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-33 The Science of Health Top Hidden Dangers of Going Under   pp34 - 35 Carina Storrs doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-34 TechnoFiles Top The Great Net Debate   p36 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-36 Features Top The First Starlight   pp38 - 45 Michael D. Lemonick doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-38 Rise of the Human Predator   pp46 - 51 Kate Wong doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-46 The RNA Revolution   pp52 - 59 Christine Gorman and Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-52 A New Shot Against Hepatitis C   pp56 - 57 Christine Gorman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-56 Defeating Nature's Terrorists   p58 Ferris Jabr doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-58 Journey to the Bottom of the Sea   pp60 - 69 Mark Schrope doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-60 The Genetic Geography of the Brain   pp70 - 77 Ed Lein and Mike Hawrylycz doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-70 False Hope   pp78 - 81 Michael E. Mann doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-78 The Secret Spiritual History of Calculus   pp82 - 85 Amir Alexander doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-82 Reviews and Recommendations Top You Are Here   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-86a The Age of Radiance   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-86b The Oldest Living Things in the World   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-86c Life Unfolding   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-86d Skeptic Top The Science of Lying   p87 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-87 Anti Gravity Top Numbers Game   p88 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-88 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   pp90 - 91 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-90 Graphic Science Top On Climate, the People Agree   p92 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0414-92 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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