New Predictors of Disease
Molecules called predictive autoantibodies appear in the blood years before people show symptoms of various disorders. Tests that detected these molecules could warn of the need to take preventive action...
Features
Illusory Color and the Brain
Novel illusions suggest that the brain does not separate perception of color from perception of form and depth
Black Hole Blowback
A single black hole, smaller than the solar system, can control the destiny of an entire cluster of galaxies
Mapping the Cancer Genome
Pinpointing the genes involved in cancer will help chart a new course across the complex landscape of human malignancies
Diesels Come Clean
Improved engines and exhaust scrubbers, combined with a new fuel, willmake energy-efficient diesels nearly as green as hybrids
A Digital Life
New systems may allow people to record everything they see and hear--and even things they cannot sense--and to store all these data in a personal digital archive...
Down Go the Dams
Many dams are being torn down these days, allowing rivers and the ecosystems they support to rebound. But ecological risks abound as well. Can they be averted?
Departments
Graph Theory and Teatime
Piaget's Physics--Babylon's Taxes--Mobile's Cotton
Threats of War, Chances for Peace
Tough to Swallow
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: Piaget's Physics, Babylon's Taxes and Mobile's Cotton
Ask The Experts
- Letters
Letters
- Advances
Sight for Sore Eyes
Sympathy for the Devil
Alone at the Top
Pole Positions
Deadly Dialogue
Scoring Your Identity
Back to the Future
The Long and Short of It
A Gene for Aging Smartly
Titanic Lakes of Methane
The Password Is G-L-O
Cutting Back, Not Cutting Down
- Recommended
A New Journey into Hofstadter's Mind
A New Journey into Hofstadter's Mind.
- Skeptic
(Can't Get No) Satisfaction
- Perspectives
The Beef with Cloned Meat
- In Brief
Brief Points, March 2007
Data Points, March 2007
- By the Numbers
Breaking the Mold
- Working Knowledge
Restoring Flow
