Scientific American Contents, Volume 313 Number 4, pp 4 - 88

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TABLE OF CONTENTS October 2015 Volume 313, 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 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 Sleep Science   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-4 Letters Top Letters   pp6 - 8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-6 Science Agenda Top How to Stop Teen Pregnancies   p10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-10 Forum Top Living off the Land   p12 Linus Blomqvist, Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-12 Advances Top Are We on the Cusp of War—in Space?   pp14 - 18 Lee Billings doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-14 Mother, May I...Eat You?   p19 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-19 Test-Tube Corals   p20 Annie Sneed doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-20 The Vicissitudes of Sex   p21 Kat Long doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-21 Dentist to the Dead   p22 Megan Gannon doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-22 Graphene's Top Competitor   p23 Alexandra Ossola doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-23 Unlocking Safer Guns   p24 Erik Schechter doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-24 Quick Hits   p25 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-25 Bots on a Budget   pp26 - 27 Corinne Iozzio doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-26 Particular Joy   p28 Maria Temming doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-28 The Science of Health Top Deadly Drug Combinations   pp29 - 30 Jessica Wapner doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-29 TechnoFiles Top Robots Rising   p32 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-32 Features Top Big Science, Big Challenges   pp34 - 35 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-34 Trouble in Mind   pp36 - 42 Stefan Theil doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-36 How Big Is Science?   pp40 - 41 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-40 More Evidence, Less Poverty   pp43 - 45 Dean Karlan doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-43 An Antidote to Murder   pp46 - 50 Rodrigo Guerrero Velasco doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-46 World Leaders   p51 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-51 Sleep On It!   pp52 - 57 Robert Stickgold doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-52 Neutrinos at the Ends of the Earth   pp58 - 63 Francis Halzen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-58 The Fat Gene   pp64 - 69 Richard J. Johnson and Peter Andrews doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-64 Stars of the Dead   pp70 - 75 Sarah Symons and Elizabeth Tasker doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-70 The Secret Lives of Horses   pp76 - 79 Wendy Williams doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-76 Reviews and Recommendations Top Polar: A Photicular Book   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-80a The Man Who Wasn't There   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-80b The Only Woman in the Room   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-80c A River Runs Again   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-80d Skeptic Top The Electric Universe Acid Test   p82 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-82 Anti Gravity Top Breaking Bad TV Science   p84 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-84 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p86 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-86 Graphic Science Top A Greenhouse Gas Surprise   p88 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1015-88 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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