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Holly Lindem (photoillustration); Gene Burkhardt (styling)Scientific American Magazine 8/19/09The Origin of Life on Earth
Fresh clues hint at how the first living organisms arose from inanimate matter
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Scientific American Magazine 8/17/09
Origins: The Start of Everything
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Scientific American Magazine 8/17/09
In the Beginning... Introducing the Origins Issue
A powerful urge to understand the emergence of the cosmos or even life itself fuels the scientific enterprise
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Scientific American Mind 11/5/09
True Love: How to Find It
Combing through your social network is the most fruitful—and most common—way of finding the love of your life
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Scientific American Magazine 11/4/09
The Future of Cars
Industry leaders look way down the road
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Scientific American Magazine 11/2/09
The Long-Lost Siblings of the Sun
The sun was born in a family of stars. What became of them?
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Scientific American Mind 10/30/09
Rational and Irrational Thought: The Thinking That IQ Tests Miss
We assume intelligence and rationality go together. But we shouldn't be surprised when smart people do foolish things.
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Scientific American Mind 10/29/09
What Does a Smart Brain Look Like?: Inner Views Show How We Think
A new neuroscience of intelligence is revealing that not all brains work in the same way
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Scientific American Magazine 10/26/09
A Plan to Power 100 Percent of the Planet with Renewables
Wind, water and solar technologies can provide 100 percent of the world's energy, eliminating all fossil fuels. Here's how
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Scientific American Mind 10/23/09
Why Don't Babies Talk Like Adults?
Kids go from goo-goo to garrulous one step at a time
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Scientific American Magazine 10/22/09
How the Internet is Changing the Way We Will Watch TV
The Internet stands ready to upend the television viewing experience, but exactly how is a matter of considerable dispute
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Scientific American Magazine 10/14/09
Another Century of Oil? Getting More from Current Reserves
Amid warnings of a possible "peak oil," advanced technologies offer ways to extract every last possible drop
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Scientific American Magazine 10/7/09
Lost Garden Cities: Pre-Columbian Life in the Amazon
The Amazon tropical forest is not as wild as it looks
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Scientific American Magazine 10/5/09
Biotech's Plans to Sustain Agriculture
Popular movements may call for more organic methods, but the agricultural industry sees biotechnology as a crucial part of farming's future
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Scientific American Magazine 9/30/09
How Quantum Effects Could Create Black Stars, Not Holes
Quantum effects may prevent true black holes from forming and give rise instead to dense entities called black stars
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Scientific American Magazine 9/28/09
Privacy and the Quantum Internet
Courtesy of some of the weirdest laws of physics, we may someday be able to search and surf the Web without anyone collecting our data
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Scientific American Magazine 9/23/09
Boosting Vaccines: The Power of Adjuvants
Modern insights into the immune system have revived interest in adding ingredients that can supercharge old vaccines and make entirely new ones possible
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Scientific American Magazine 9/21/09
Turbocharging the Brain--Pills to Make You Smarter?
Will a pill at breakfast improve concentration and memory—and will it do so without long-term detriment to your health?
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