Saturday, June 30, 2007

Scientific American July 2007

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FEATURES
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[u]DEBATE[/u] : [b]Should Science Speak to Faith?[/b] By Lawrence M. Krauss and Richard Dawkins
Two prominent defenders of science exchange their views on how scientists ought to approach religion and its followers

[u]ENVIRONMENT[/u] : [b]An Earth Without People[/b] By Steve Mirsky
A new way to examine humanity's impact on the environment is to consider how the world would fare if all the people disappeared

[u]INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY[/u] : [b]Broadband Room Service by Light[/b] By Mohsen Kavehrad
Encoded light transmissions can provide the wireless devices in a room with multimedia Web services such as videoconferencing, movies on demand and more

[u]BRAIN SCIENCE[/u] : [b]The Memory Code[/b] By Joe Z. Tsien
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

[u]CLIMATE CHANGE[/u] : [b]Warmer Oceans, Stronger Hurricanes[/b] By Kevin E. Trenberth
Evidence is mounting that global warming enhances a cyclone's damaging winds and flooding rains

[u]GENETICS[/u] : [b]The Evolution of Cats[/b] By Stephen J. O'Brien and Warren E. Johnson
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

[u]IMMUNOLOGY[/u] : [b]A Malignant Flame[/b] By Gary Stix
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

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