
Squeaky Mice Reveal Emotion, Self-Expression in the Brain
Mice sing complex ultrasonic songs that gives researchers clues to the genetic roots of pleasure

Squeaky Mice Reveal Emotion, Self-Expression in the Brain
Mice sing complex ultrasonic songs that gives researchers clues to the genetic roots of pleasure

Magnifying Taste: New Chemicals Trick the Brain into Eating Less
Compounds that enhance the sweet and salty flavors of foods could combat obesity and heart disease

Going with His Gut Bacteria
The body and its intestinal flora produce chemicals with hidden health information, Jeremy Nicholson has found. Someday treating disease may mean treating those bacteria

Microbiology—Bring in the Noise
New studies reveal how cells exploit biochemical randomness

Improving Health by Targeting Gut Bacteria: A Q&A with Jeremy Nicholson
The body and its intestinal flora produce all sorts of chemicals that hold clues about a person's health. Jeremy Nicholson is deciphering the signals, which could lead to new kinds of medicines

Hedy Lamarr: Not just a pretty face
How one of the best known actresses of mid-20th century revolutionized weapons systems and helped create cell phones

Autism and Antibodies
Could mom's overzealous immune system put her child at risk?

Mind Reviews Books, Movies and More
Reviews and recommendations from the June/July 2008 issue of Scientific American MIND

Your Brain on Diabetes
More signs that insulin ills set off neurodegenerative conditions

Alan Turing Comes Alive
A new play by A. Rey Pamatmat explores the mathematician's complexity

Infected with Insanity: Could Microbes Cause Mental Illness?
Viruses or bacteria may be at the root of schizophrenia and other disorders

Mind Reviews Books, Movies and More
Reviews and recommendations from the April/May 2008 issue of Scientific American MIND

Sex is Better for Women in Love
Reward areas in the brain are tied to orgasm quality

Disease for Darwinism
More kids, less cancer: Huntington's may confer survival benefits

Regaining Lost Luster
New developments and clinical trials breathe life back into gene therapy

Who Said Quitters Never Win?
If at first you don't succeed, quit—for your future health

Humans Carry More Bacterial Cells than Human Ones
You are more bacteria than you are you, according to the latest body census

Scared Off Silicone
Liability fears trump science for ulcer-beating injectable silicone

Forgetting to Remember
Forgetting is a vital brain function

All in the Family
Birth order affects our personality and health

Fact or Fiction?: Pets Protect Children against Allergies
Pets may or may not help fend off developing allergies but they will help keep the house from being antiseptically clean.

Everyone Agrees
An oft-heard opinion seems popular even if it comes from only one person

Common Link, Common Cure?
Amyloid diseases share the same molecular substructure

Mothers' Little Criminals