Scientific American Contents, October 2011 Volume 305 Number 4, pp 6 - 100

TABLE OF CONTENTS October 2011 Volume 305, 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 Subscribe From the Editor Top Back to School p6 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-6 Full Text | PDF Letters Top Letters pp8 - 10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-8 Full Text | PDF Science Agenda Top Ban Chimp Testing p12 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-12 Full Text | PDF Forum Top Toxins All around Us p14 Patricia Hunt doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-14 Full Text | PDF Advances Top More Than Child's Play p16 Sharon Begley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-16 Full Text | PDF Is It Safe to Drink? p18 Melinda Wenner Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-18a Full Text | PDF Patent Watch p18 Adam Piore doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-18b Full Text | PDF What is it? p19 Ann Chin doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-19 Full Text | PDF Outsmarting Cancer p20 Francie Diep doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-20a Full Text | PDF Stat p20 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-20b Full Text | PDF Clearing the Smoke p21 Francie Diep doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-21 Full Text | PDF "I've Got Your Back" p22 Eric Michael Johnson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-22a Full Text | PDF News Scan p22 George Hackett doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-22b Full Text | PDF Instant Health Checks for Buildings and Bridges p24 Charles Q. Choi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-24a Full Text | PDF Stat p24 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-24b Full Text | PDF The Trouble with Armor p25 Michael Moyer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-25 Full Text | PDF A Tale of Math Treasure p26 Davide Castelvecchi doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-26 Full Text | PDF Gig.U Is Now in Session p27 Larry Greenemeier doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-27a Full Text | PDF Quotable p27 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-27b Full Text | PDF Spherical Eats p28 W. Wayt Gibbs and Nathan Myhrvold doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-28a Full Text | PDF Putting Diabetes on Autopilot p28 Elizabeth Svoboda doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-28b Full Text | PDF The Science of Health Top The Ethnic Health Advantage pp30 - 32 Laura Blue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-30 Full Text | PDF TechnoFiles Top Big Progress on the Little Things pp34 - 35 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-34 Full Text | PDF Features Top The Dark Side of the Milky Way pp36 - 45 Leo Blitz doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-36 Full Text | PDF Atom Power pp46 - 47 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-46 Full Text | PDF 10 Unsolved Mysteries pp48 - 53 Philip Ball doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-48 Full Text | PDF The Scent of Your Thoughts pp54 - 57 Deborah Blum doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-54 Full Text | PDF Afghanistan's Buried Riches pp58 - 65 Sarah Simpson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-58 Full Text | PDF A New Ally against Cancer pp66 - 71 Eric von Hofe doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-66 Full Text | PDF How Skulls Speak pp72 - 73 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-72 Full Text | PDF Waiting for the Higgs pp74 - 79 Tim Folger doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-74 Full Text | PDF The Dinosaur Baron of Transylvania pp80 - 83 Gareth Dyke doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-80 Full Text | PDF Actuary of the Cell pp84 - 87 Thea Singer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-84 Full Text | PDF Reviews and Recommendations Top Recommended p88 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-88 Full Text | PDF Skeptic Top The Decline of Violence p90 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-90 Full Text | PDF Anti Gravity Top Surface Tension p92 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-92 Full Text | PDF 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago p94 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-94 Full Text | PDF Graphic Science Top Data Theft: Hackers Attack p100 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1011-100 Full Text | PDF 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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