Scientific American Contents, Volume 313 Number 6, pp 1 - 84

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TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2015 Volume 313, Issue 6 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 Innovation Celebration   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-4 Letters Top Letters   pp6 - 8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-6 Science Agenda Top The Price of Pollution   p10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-10 Forum Top Two Degrees of Freedom   p12 Michael E. Mann doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-12 Advances Top Defanging Snakebites   pp14 - 16 Jeremy Hsu doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-14 Money Talks—and Tweets   p17 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-17 Kids Can Do Better in the Crosswalk   pp18 - 19 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-18 Batty Performers   p20 David Godkin doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-20 The Molten Mechanics of Inner Earth   p21 Shannon Hall doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-21 Banking on Groundwater   p22 Jane Braxton Little doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-22 Quick Hits   p23 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-23 Ned the Nose   p24 Megan Gannon doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-24 The Big Bang's Particle Glow   p25 Shannon Hall doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-25 She Faired Well   p26 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-26 The Science of Health Top A Pain in the Brain   pp27 - 28 David Noonan doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-27 TechnoFiles Top The Tech Jungle   p29 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-29 Features Top Innovation   pp30 - 31 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-30 Eye-Controlled Machines   p32 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-32 Microwave Rocketry   p33 Lee Billings doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-33 Trawling for Viruses   p34 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-34a Soft, Injectable Electronic Probes for the Brain   p34 Seth Fletcher doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-34b Little Fusion   p35 David Biello doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-35 Kill Switches for GMOs   p36 Jennifer Abbasi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-36 The Heat Vacuum   p37 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-37 Machines that Teach themselves   p38 Gary Stix doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-38 Slow-Motion Cameras for Chemical Reactions   p39 Jennifer Abbasi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-39a Seeing around Corners   p39 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-39b Inventing the World 1845   pp40 - 53 Daniel J. Kevles doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-40 170 Years of Scientific American    pp42 - 53 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-42 What Killed the Dinosaurs   pp54 - 59 Stephen Brusatte doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-54 Telescope Wars   pp60 - 65 Katie Worth doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-60 Genomics for the People   pp66 - 73 Kevin A. Strauss doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-66 How to Break the Climate Deadlock   pp74 - 79 Naomi Oreskes doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-74 Reviews and Recommendations Top Book Review: Extreme Earth   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-80a Book Review: Science of the Magical   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-80b Book Review: Pacific   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-80c Skeptic Top Consilience and Consensus   p81 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-81 Anti Gravity Top Great Feets   p82 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-82 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p83 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-83 Graphic Science Top The Bacteria Game   p84 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1215-84 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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