Table of Contents [pdf]
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| Editors' Note [pdf] |
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News Briefs:
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Identification of a Cell Death Protein’s Switch, Fingerprints Increase Fingers’ Tactile Sensitivity, X-Rays from Tape, Spotless Mind: Scientists Erase Select Memories in Mice, Sweeter Pill Helps Children Combat Malaria, A Hopeful but Troubled Drug for MS, Insights from Earthquakes into Designing Quake-Proof Buildings |
Pushan S. Dasgupta, Daniel O’Leary, Tim Hsieh, Joshua Feblowitz, Lisa N. Chen, Lucie Guo |
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Reports: |
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The Promise of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
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Pushan S. Dasgupta |
| Pop It Like It’s Hot: Laser Induced Cavitation Luminescence
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Tim Hsieh |
| Feature Articles: |
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And Man Said, "Let There Be Life"
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Lawrence Valverde |
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Rewilding North America
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Alexandra Mushegian |
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Vaccines and Autism
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Xin Guan |
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Embryonic Screening: Selecting for the Perfect Child
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Peter Cai |
| The Science of the Undiscovered: Astrobiology and the possibility of life in other worlds
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Fernando Racimo |
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Big Brother is Watching: The Many Roles of GPS Technology
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Karolina Lempert |
| Large Hadron Collider: Black holes in Your Backyard? [pdf] |
Ruby Lai |
| Artificial Wombs: Delivering on Fertile Promises [pdf] |
Colleen Carlston |
| General Article: |
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| What is Mathematics? [pdf] |
Katie Banks |
| Faculty Spotlight: |
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| On My Mind [pdf] |
Prof. Steven Pinker |
| Don’t ask how many languages biolinguists speak! [pdf] |
Prof. Cedric Boeckx |
| Commentaries: |
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| A Planetary Parasol: The Promise and the Pitfalls of Climate Engineering [pdf] |
Benjamin Miller |
| The Cure for Aging: Aubrey de Grey and the Quest for Biological Immortality [pdf] |
Joshua Feblowitz |
| Engineering People: The Evolution of Technology [pdf] |
Benjamin Miller |
| The Thorn on a Rose: Green Energy’s Nuclear Future [pdf] |
Dayan Li |
| The Future WMD: A Fun Way to Fight Wars? [pdf] |
Lisa N. Chen |