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• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scans

  In Brief

  By George Hackett   | Oct 16, 2011  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Killer Smile

  Also: burning nitrogen, cancer clue in Down's syndrome, and gallons per mile

  By Charles Q. Choi , Katherine Harmon and John Matson   | Aug 14, 2009  | 2

• Scientific American Magazine |  Energy & Sustainability

  News Scan Briefs: Do Rain Forests Make Rain?

  Also: ants: "I'm not dead yet," a lower high-water mark, working on the railroad, and temptation zone

  By David Biello , Steve Mirsky , John Matson , Charles Q. Choi and Katherine Harmon   | Jul 14, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Technology

  News Scan Briefs: Hand Transplant Recipients Switch Handedness

  Also: ending nerve damage from needles, "caveman" connection to humans, electromagnetic chatter, and laser beams that curve

  By Charles Q. Choi , Kate Wong , Larry Greenemeier , Coco Ballantyne and Jordan Lite   | Jun 12, 2009  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  Mind & Brain

  News Scan Briefs: Logic That Feels the Noise

  Also: self-medicating bugs, apes that plan, mesh that floats and brain bias in vision

  May 14, 2009  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Anti-Loudness Protein Could Help Future Rockers

  Also: Heating genes with sonic waves, cannibalistic beetles, calcium in the ocean, and more...

  Apr 10, 2009  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Mind & Brain

  News Scan Briefs: Explaining the Aperture Illusion

  News Scan Briefs: Explaining the Aperture Illusion

  Mar 12, 2009  | 3

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Weak on the Nano Risk

  Also: Booby Traps for Bacteria and more...

  By Charles Q. Choi , Gary Stix , Jordan Lite , Susannah F. Locke , John Matson and Philip Yam   | Feb 6, 2009  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  Environment

  News Scan Briefs: Sounds Like Thunder

  Also: seeing on faith, climate and dynasties, blank-stare politics, and more...

  By David Biello , Charles Q. Choi , Larry Greenemeier and Susannah F. Locke   | Dec 24, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Blocking Sound with Holes

  Also: electric fields increase fuel economy, sacrificial ants, explosive-free fertilizer and vanishing species

  By Charles Q. Choi , David Biello and Philip Yam   | Dec 12, 2008  | 5

• Scientific American Magazine |  Health

  News Scan Briefs: Combating Overdoses and Addiction

  Also: Star Making and Bugs in Space

  By Charles Q. Choi , JR Minkel , David Biello , John Matson and Nikhil Swaminathan   | Nov 14, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Eel Model for Body Armor; Great Green Wall

  Also: Perchlorate on Mars; AIDS/HIV Infection Rates; Microscope on a Dime

  By Charles Q. Choi , David Biello , Nikhil Swaminathan , JR Minkel and Philip Yam   | Oct 10, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs: Eyes on the Tops of Their Heads; Play Dates for Germ Sharing; Another Gene for Alzheimer's

  Also: The New Stone Age; Mountain Climbing Trees; Location Influences Voters; and Martian Hit-and-Run

  By Charles Q. Choi , Barbara Juncosa , Philip Yam , Larry Greenemeier , David Biello and JR Minkel   | Sep 12, 2008  | 1

• Scientific American Magazine |  Environment

  News Scan Briefs: Iron-Tough Paper; DEET-free Repellent; Artificial Corneas

  Biology -- Repellents -- Materials -- Neuropsychology

  By Nikhil Swaminathan , Charles Q. Choi , Philip Yam , JR Minkel and Keren Blankfeld Schultz   | Aug 15, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Environment

  News Scan Briefs: Eating with Tension, Cancerous Marriage, Milk and Diabetes

  Ecology -- Oncology -- Immunology -- Privacy

  By Charles Q. Choi , JR Minkel , Lisa Stein , Nikhil Swaminathan , David Biello and Keren Blankfeld Schultz   | Jul 9, 2008  | 2

• Scientific American Magazine |  Energy & Sustainability

  News Scan Briefs

  By Charles Q. Choi , David Biello , Nikhil Swaminathan and JR Minkel   | May 19, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Environment

  News Scan Briefs

  By Charles Q. Choi , JR Minkel and Nikhil Swaminathan   | Apr 21, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs

  By Nikhil Swaminathan , Larry Greenemeier , Charles Q. Choi and David Biello   | Mar 17, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Mind & Brain

  News Scan Briefs

  By Philip Yam , Charles Q. Choi , JR Minkel and David Biello   | Feb 18, 2008  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

  News Scan Briefs

  By Charles Q. Choi , David Biello and JR Minkel   | Jan 17, 2008  

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  Oct 14, 2007  

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  Sep 16, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  More Science

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  Aug 19, 2007  

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  Jul 15, 2007  

• Scientific American Magazine |  Environment

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  Jun 17, 2007  | 2

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