Features

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  Seconds Before the Big One

  Earthquake detection systems can sound the alarm in the moments before a big tremor strikes—time enough to save lives

  Richard Allen   | April 1, 2011  | 3

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  The Enemy within: A New Pattern of Antibiotic Resistance

  A new pattern of antibiotic resistance that is spreading around the globe may soon leave us defenseless against a frighteningly wide range of dangerous bacterial infections

  Maryn McKenna   | April 1, 2011  | 12

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  Natural-Born Killer: The Tentacled Snake

  Lethal from day one, the tentacled snake uses surprisingly sly tactics to capture fish

  Kenneth C. Catania   | April 1, 2011  |

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  Can the Dead Sea Live?

  Irrigation and mining are sucking the salt lake dry, but together Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority could save the sacred sea

  Eitan Haddok   | April 1, 2011  | 2

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  The Inflation Debate

  Is the theory at the heart of modern cosmology deeply flawed?

  Paul J. Steinhardt   | April 1, 2011  | 95

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  Food Fight: The Case for Genetically Modified Food

  Genetically modified crops, says agro-research czar Roger Beachy, receive an unjustified shellacking from environmentalists

  Brendan Borrell   | April 1, 2011  | 17

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  Solving the Cocktail Party Problem

  Computers have great trouble deciphering voices that are speaking simultaneously. That may soon change

  Graham P. Collins   | April 1, 2011  | 2

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  Neuroscience in the Courtroom

  Brain scans and other types of neurological evidence are rarely a factor in trials today. Someday, however, they could transform judicial views of personal credibility and responsibility

  Michael S. Gazzaniga   | April 1, 2011  | 1

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  The Orderly Chaos of Proteins

  To do their magic in the cell, proteins must fold into rigid shapes—or so standard wisdom says. But a more tangled story is beginning to emerge

  A. Keith Dunker and Richard W. Kriwacki   | April 1, 2011  | 3