Scientific American Contents, Volume 311 Number 5, pp 6 - 92

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TABLE OF CONTENTS November 2014 Volume 311, Issue 5 From the Editor Letters Science Agenda Forum Advances The Science of Health TechnoFiles Features Reviews and Recommendations Skeptic 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Graphic Science Anti Gravity 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 Mindful, Medicinal, Malleable and Marketable   p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-6 Letters Top Letters   pp8 - 9 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-8 Science Agenda Top Do No Harm—And No Drugs   p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-12 Forum Top The Case for Kill Switches   p14 Jonathan Zittrain doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-14 Advances Top Return of the Propeller   pp17 - 21 Clay Dillow doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-17 Pollsters' Dilemma   p21 Regina Nuzzo doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-21 Which Direction Home?   p22 Jason G. Goldman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-22 When Evidence Melts Away   p23 Lucas Laursen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-23 Know the Jargon   p24 Diana Crow doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-24 The Ball That Hovers   p25 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-25 Snaking Stairs   p26 Kate Baggaley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-26 Quick Hits   p27 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-27a What is it?   p27 Jen Christiansen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-27b Human or Hobbit?   pp28 - 29 Kate Wong doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-28 Inside the Audience Studio   pp30 - 31 Katharine Gammon doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-30 Catching Some Rays   p32 Debra Weiner doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-32 The Science of Health Top Killer Chairs   pp34 - 35 James Levine doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-34 TechnoFiles Top Crash Test Dummies   p36 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-36 Features Top Mind of the Meditator   pp38 - 45 Matthieu Ricard, Antoine Lutz and Richard J. Davidson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-38 Pluto and Beyond   pp46 - 53 Michael D. Lemonick doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-46 Virus Therapy for Cancer   pp54 - 59 Douglas J. Mahoney, David F. Stojdl and Gordon Laird doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-54 The Programmable World   pp60 - 65 Thomas A. Campbell, Skylar Tibbits and Banning Garrett doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-60 Solar Wars   pp66 - 71 David Biello doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-66 The Evolution of Architecture   pp72 - 77 Rob Dunn doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-72 Impossible Flight   pp78 - 83 David Noonan doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-78 Reviews and Recommendations Top Lock In   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-86a The Peripheral   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-86b Ancillary Sword   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-86c Symbiont   p86 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-86d Skeptic Top Perpetual Peace   p88 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-88 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p89 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-89 Graphic Science Top Who Has the Best Fuel Economy?   p90 Mark Fischetti and Kevin Schultz doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-90 Anti Gravity Top The Call of the Mild   p92 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1114-92 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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