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February 2016 Volume 314, Issue 2

From the Editor
Letters
Science Agenda
Forum
Advances
TechnoFiles
The Science of Health
Features
Reviews and Recommendations
Skeptic
Anti Gravity
50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Graphic Science
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From the Editor

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Where Is Planet X?   p4
Mariette DiChristina
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-4

Letters

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Letters   pp6 - 8
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-6

Science Agenda

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Beware Prenatal Gene Screens   p10
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-10

Forum

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Even Genius Needs a Benefactor   p11
Nathan Myhrvold
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-11

Advances

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Last Call: Will WIMPs Show Their Faces?   pp12 - 14
Clara Moskowitz
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-12

Talk Therapy   pp14 - 15
Anne Pycha
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-14

The Ear as Tape Measure   p16
Geoffrey Giller
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-16a

Poison Pot   p17
Jesse Greenspan
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-17

The New Crash Test Dummy   pp18 - 19
Peter Andrey Smith
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-18

Quick Hits   p20
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-20

Space Jellies   p21
Ken Croswell
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-21

Elemental Urgency   p22
Jennifer Hackett
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-22

When Love Wins   p23
Jason G. Goldman
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-23

TechnoFiles

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Get Out the iVote   p24
David Pogue
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-24

The Science of Health

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For Sale: Your Medical Records   pp26 - 27
Adam Tanner
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-26

Features

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The Search for Planet X   pp30 - 37
Michael D. Lemonick
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-30

Bitter Taste Bodyguards   pp38 - 43
Robert J. Lee and Noam A. Cohen
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-38

Collective Wisdom of Ants   pp44 - 47
Deborah M. Gordon
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-44

The Quantum Hack   pp48 - 55
Tim Folger
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-48

Six Billion in Africa   pp56 - 63
Robert Engelman
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-56

The Power of the Infant Brain   pp64 - 69
Takao K. Hensch
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-64

My Life as a Comet Hunter   pp70 - 71
David H. Levy
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-70

Reviews and Recommendations

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Book Review: The Last Volcano   p72
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-72a

Book Review: Tunnel Visions   p72
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-72b

Book Review: Contact Sport   p72
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-72c

Book Review: Home   p72
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-72d

Skeptic

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Afterlife for Atheists   p73
Michael Shermer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-73

Anti Gravity

Top

Spinning Our Wheels   p74
Steve Mirsky
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-74

50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Top

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p75
Daniel C. Schlenoff
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-75

Graphic Science

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Disease Squeeze   p76
Mark Fischetti
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0216-76

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