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TABLE OF CONTENTS August 2017 Volume 317, Issue 2 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 In the Beginning   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-4 Letters Top Letters   pp5 - 6 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-5 Science Agenda Top Nuclear War Should Require a Second Opinion   p8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-8 Forum Top The Right to Cognitive Liberty   p10 Marcello Ienca doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-10 Advances Top Saving Face   pp12 - 14 Knvul Sheikh doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-12 Aussie Invaders   p15 Erin Biba doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-15 Find My Elephant   p16 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-16 Emission Permission   p17 Lucas Laursen doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-17 Quick Hits   p18 Leslie Nemo doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-18 Mending a Broken Heart   p19 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-19 Awash in Plastic   p20 Jesse Greenspan doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-20 Plastic-Eating Worms   p21 Matthew Sedacca doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-21 Fire and Ice   p22 Shannon Hall doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-22 The Science of Health Top The Computer Will See You Now   pp24 - 25 Dina Fine Maron doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-24 TechnoFiles Top Technology as Magic   p26 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-26 Features Top Life Springs   pp28 - 35 Martin J. Van Kranendonk, David W. Deamer and Tara Djokic doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-28 Requiem for the Vaquita   pp36 - 45 Erik Vance doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-36 Our Cousin Neo   pp46 - 47 Kate Wong doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-46 A Matter of Choice   pp48 - 53 Peg Tyre doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-48 The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017   pp54 - 61 Jay M. Pasachoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-54 1,000 Years of Solar Eclipses   pp62 - 65 Mark M. Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-62 Building a Better Harvest   pp66 - 73 Marla Broadfoot doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-66 Talking to Ourselves   pp74 - 79 Charles Fernyhough doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-74 Reviews and Recommendations Top Recommended   p80 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-80 Skeptic Top Are We All Racists?   p81 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-81 Anti Gravity Top What's the Deal?   p82 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-82 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p83 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-83 Graphic Science Top Reactors Reshuffled   p84 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0817-84 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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