Scientific American Contents, Volume 314 Number 4, pp 4 - 84

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TABLE OF CONTENTS April 2016 Volume 314, 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 Rocks in Our Heads   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-4 Letters Top Letters   pp6 - 8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-6 Science Agenda Top Stop Dithering on Nuclear Waste   p10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-10 Forum Top Chernobyl Didn't Kill Nuclear Power   p11 Frank von Hippel doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-11 Advances Top Lions on the Ledge   pp12 - 14 Jason G. Goldman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-12 April Showers Bring May Meteorites   p15 Jennifer Hackett doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-15 A Twist on the Mushroom Burger   p16 Natalie Jacewicz doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-16 Passengers Announced for NASA's Biggest Rocket   p17 Jennifer Hackett doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-17 Forecaster for the Top of the World   pp18 - 19 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-18 Quick Hits   p20 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-20 Orphaned Bugs Make Bum Parents   p21 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-21 Cancerous Co-conspirators   p22 Viviane Callier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-22 Silk Road Heads for the Hills   p23 Jane Qiu doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-23 The Science of Health Top The Paradox of Precision Medicine   pp24 - 25 Jeneen Interlandi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-24 TechnoFiles Top Dumb Design   p26 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-26 Features Top Tales of a Stone Age Neuroscientist   pp28 - 35 Dietrich Stout doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-28 The Neutron Enigma   pp36 - 41 Geoffrey L. Greene and Peter Geltenbort doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-36 The Cancer Defense   pp42 - 51 Karen Weintraub doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-42 A Vaccine for Cancer?   p46 Beatriz M. Carreno and Elaine R. Mardis doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-46 Germ Warfare   p50 Maria-Luisa Alegre and Thomas F. Gajewski doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-50 Galapagos Stampede   pp52 - 57 Paul Tullis doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-52 Machine Life   pp58 - 63 Timothy K. Lu and Oliver Purcell doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-58 Giants of the Sky   pp64 - 71 Daniel T. Ksepka and Michael Habib doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-64 The Art of Saving Relics   pp72 - 77 Sarah Everts doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-72 Reviews and Recommendations Top Book Review: The Right Kind of Crazy   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-78a Book Review: Snowball in a Blizzard   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-78b Book Review: The Genius of Birds   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-78c Book Review: Burn Math Class   p78 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-78d Skeptic Top Hooey. Drivel. Baloney…p79 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-79 Anti Gravity Top There Are No Words   p80 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-80 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p82 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-82 Graphic Science Top Travels with Zika   p84 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0416-84 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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