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TABLE OF CONTENTS December 2014 Volume 311, 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 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 The Discovery Continuum   p4 Mariette DiChristina doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-4 Letters Top Letters   pp6 - 8 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-6 Science Agenda Top Caution: Cops with Cameras   p10 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-10 Forum Top Bring on the Robocrats   p12 Ryan Calo doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-12 Advances Top Cities to the Rescue   pp15 - 19 David Biello doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-15 Forecast: Cloudy   p19 Amy Nordrum doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-19a Bend by Design   p19 Katherine Bourzac doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-19b Deep Space or Bust   p20 Clara Moskowitz doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-20 What Would John Muir Do Now?   p22 Roger Drouin doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-22 A Galapagos Icon   p23 Nicholas St. Fleur doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-23 Know the Jargon   p24 Annie Sneed doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-24 Mushroom Man   pp28 - 29 Peter Andrey Smith doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-28 Power to the Internet of Things   p30 Corinne Iozzio doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-30 Quick Hits   p31 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-31 Call of the Crybaby   p32 Jason G. Goldman doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-32 Of Germs and Germination   p33 Anna Kuchment doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-33 The Science of Health Top Never Too Old for Chemo   pp34 - 35 Claudia Wallis doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-34 TechnoFiles Top Unpredictive Text   p38 David Pogue doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-38 Features Top World changing Ideas 2014   pp40 - 41 Seth Fletcher doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-40 The Gene Genie   pp42 - 46 Margaret Knox doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-42 Reprogrammable Cells   p47 Ryan Bradley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-47 Transparent Organisms   p48 Ryan Bradley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-48a Spit-Fired Fuel Cells   p48 Ryan Bradley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-48b Vision-Correcting Displays   p49 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-49 Atomic-Scale Legos   pp50 - 51 Andre K. Geim doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-50 Ultrahard Recyclable Plastics   p52 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-52a Wireless Charging with Sound Waves   p52 Rachel Nuwer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-52b Batteries That Capture Low-Grade Waste Heat   p53 Ryan Bradley doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-53a Video Cameras for Nanoparticles   p53 Ben Fogelson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-53b Fossil Hunting in the Milky Way   pp54 - 59 Kathryn V. Johnston doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-54 Pain That Won't Quit   pp60 - 67 Stephani Sutherland doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-60 Taking the Sting Out of Pain   p66 Mark Peplow doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-66 The Jet Stream is Getting Weird   pp68 - 75 Jeff Masters doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-68 The Storm God's Tale   pp76 - 79 Zach Zorich doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-76 Immunity's Illusion   pp80 - 85 Adam J. Kucharski doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-80 The Spider's Charade   pp86 - 89 Ximena Nelson doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-86 Reviews and Recommendations Top The Lost Elements: The Periodic Table's Shadow Side   p92 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-92a Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream   p92 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-92b Digging for Richard III: The Search for the Lost King   p92 doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-92c Skeptic Top Conspiracy Central   p94 Michael Shermer doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-94 Anti Gravity Top Keeping Up with the Times   p96 Steve Mirsky doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-96 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago Top 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p98 Daniel C. Schlenoff doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-98 Graphic Science Top Up, Up and Away   p100 Mark Fischetti doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1214-100 Top Natureevents is a fully searchable, multi-disciplinary database designed to maximise exposure for events organisers. 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