- November 29, 2018Chemistry
How Tear Gas Works: A Rundown of the Chemicals Used on Crowds
- There are two broad types of tear gas—and they’re both engineered to cause pain
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- July 1, 2008Health
New Light on Medicine
- Pigments that turn caustic on exposure to light can fight cancer, blindness and heart disease. Their lightinduced toxicity may also help explain the origin of vampire tales
- Nick Lane
- New Answers for Cancer
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0708-80sp
- January 1, 1951Health
The Human Body in Space
- Scientists and engineers have long considered the problems of flight to other planets. As the reality of space travel slowly draws closer, they particularly weigh its effects on man's earth-conditioned frame...
- Heinz Haber
- Scientific American Volume 184, Issue 1
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0151-16
- June 1, 1990Health
RU 486
- This controversial drug is now used widely in France to terminate unwanted pregnancies. Yet the compound was not invented for that purpose and actually has many possible applications
- Andr Ulmann, Daniel Philibert and Georges Teutsch
- Scientific American Volume 262, Issue 6
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0690-42
- January 1, 1956Health
Thirst
- Exactly how does the need for water give rise to this familiar, and occasionally excruciating, sensation? The reader is advised to begin this article only if he has a cool drink near at hand...
- A. V. Wolf
- Scientific American Volume 194, Issue 1
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0156-70
- February 1, 1961Mind & Brain
The Perception of Pain
- Pain is not a fixed response to a hurtful stimulus. Its perception is modified by our past experiences, our expectations and, more subtly, by our culture
- Ronald Melzack
- Scientific American Volume 204, Issue 2
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0261-41
- September 1, 1958Mind & Brain
The Physiology of Imagination
- What activity of the brain underlies the creative process? The evidence indicates that electrical waves, traveling on multilane pathways among the 10 billion cells of the cortex, correspond to the experience of mind...
- John C. Eccles
- Scientific American Volume 199, Issue 3
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0958-135
- March 1, 1953Mind & Brain
What is Pain?
- It is surprisingly difficult to answer the question because the perception of injury involves a subtle blend of physiological and psychological factors
- W. K. Livingston
- Scientific American Volume 188, Issue 3
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0353-59
- September 1, 1996Health
Twelve Major Cancers
- The Editors
- September 1996
- 10.1038/scientificamerican0996-126
- December 11, 2017Fitness
The Skinny on Fat
- Biochemist Sylvia Tara talks about her book The Secret Life of Fat: The Science behind the Body's Least-Understood Organ and What It Means for You.
- Steve Mirsky