Features

• The Memory Code

  Researchers are closing in on the rules that the brain uses to lay down memories. Discovery of this memory code could lead to the design of smarter computers and robots and even to new ways to peer into the human mind

  Joe Z. Tsien   | July 1, 2007  |

• Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes

  Evidence is mounting that global warming enhances a cyclone's damaging winds and flooding rains

  Kevin E. Trenberth   | July 1, 2007  | 1

• Should Science Speak to Faith?

  Two prominent defenders of science exchange their views on how scientists ought to approach religion and its followers

  Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins   | July 1, 2007  | 14

• Broadband Room Service by Light

  Encoded light transmissions can provide the wireless devices in a room with multimedia Web services such as videoconferencing, movies on demand and more

  Mohsen Kavehrad   | July 1, 2007  |

• A Malignant Flame

  Understanding chronic inflammation, which contributes to heart disease, Alzheimer's and a variety of other ailments, may be a key to unlocking the mysteries of cancer

  Gary Stix   | July 1, 2007  |

• An Earth Without People

  A new way to examine humanity's impact on the environment is to consider how the world would fare if all the people disappeared

  Steve Mirsky   | July 1, 2007  | 3

• The Evolution of Cats

  Genomic paw prints in the DNA of the world's wild cats have clarified the cat family tree and uncovered several remarkable migrations in their past

  Stephen J. O'Brien and Warren E. Johnson   | July 1, 2007  | 1