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Wheels Down for Curiosity
Go inside the control room to relive the hair-raising landing of NASA’s massive Curiosity rover. See what comes next as it sets off in search of potentially habitable environments on Mars

Control Your Home from Your Smart Phone
New services are offering ways to precisely monitor and control your home energy use inside your house--and from afar

Bad Health Habits Are on the Rise [Interactive]
Americans may be smoking less but they are eating and boozing more

Agricultural Inventions from 1862: A Look Back in Scientific American's Archives [Slide Show]
As the young United States expanded, inventions became one of the cornerstones of Progress. Inventors could come from any class of people, including many who worked long and hard in the dominant industry of 1862, agriculture.

October 2012 Advances: Additional Resources
Citations and further reading 



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