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Scientific American Contents, Volume 315 Number 2, pp 4 - 80

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

August 2016 Volume 315, 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
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From the Editor

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The Treasure Hunt is On   p4
Mariette DiChristina
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-4


Letters

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Letters   pp6 - 7
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-6


Science Agenda

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Olympic Officials Should Tell Women “High T” Is No Hurdle   p8
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-8


Forum

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The Lesser Evil of E-Cigarettes   p9
Thomas Hartung
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-9


Advances

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Genetic Resurrection   pp10 - 13
David Biello
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-10

The New Allergy Shot   pp12 - 13
Monique Brouillette
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-12

$1.4 Billion   p14
Christine Gorman
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-14a

Divide and Conquer   pp14 - 15
Diana Crow
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-14b

Your Brain on Physics   p15
Jordana Cepelewicz
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-15

Model Airplane   p16
Jennifer Hackett
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-16a

Can We Learn How to Forget?   pp16 - 17
Bahar Gholipour
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-16b

Quick Hits   p18
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-18

Zika-Proofing the Olympics   p19
Knvul Sheikh
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-19

Bionic is Better   p20
David Biello
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-20

Toothless Beaks for the Win   p21
David Godkin
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-21

Waste Not, Want Not   p22
Prachi Patel
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-22


The Science of Health

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The Acupuncture Myth   pp24 - 25
Jeneen Interlandi
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-24


TechnoFiles

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The End of Passwords   p26
David Pogue
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-26


Features

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The Emptiest Place in Space   pp28 - 35
Istvan Szapudi
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-28

Health Check for Humanity    pp36 - 41
W. Wayt Gibbs
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-36

The Coding Revolution   pp42 - 49
Annie Murphy Paul
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-42

Teach the Prof How to Teach   pp46 - 47
Jennifer Frederick
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-46

The Secret to Speed   pp50 - 55
Dina Fine Maron
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-50

The Huntington's Paradox   pp56 - 61
Chiara Zuccato and Elena Cattaneo
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-56

The Seven-Year Mission to Fetch 60 Grams of Asteroid   pp62 - 69
Dante S. Lauretta
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-62

Zombie Neuroscience   pp70 - 73
Christie Wilcox
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-70


Reviews and Recommendations

Top

Recommended   p74
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-74


Skeptic

Top

The Quack of the Gaps Problem   p75
Michael Shermer
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-75


Anti Gravity

Top

The War by Science   p76
Steve Mirsky
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-76


50, 100 and 150 Years Ago

Top

50, 100 & 150 Years Ago   p78
Daniel C. Schlenoff
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-78


Graphic Science

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Fatter Still   p80
Mark Fischetti
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0816-80


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