Wanted: Bright Ideas - p10

Mariette DiChristina

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-10

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Nukes Neandertals GM Crops - pp12 - 14

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-12

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Fuzzy Moon Incandescent Fraud Whales for Oil - p16

Daniel C. Schlenoff

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-16

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Research & Discovery

Splitting Time from Space - pp18 - 21

Zeeya Merali

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-18

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Research & Discovery

Extreme Monotremes - pp21 - 22

Charles Q. Choi

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-21

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Research & Discovery

Tinier Tyrannosaurs - pp22 - 25

Kate Wong

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-22

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Medicine & Health

Inflammatory Clues - pp24 - 26

Melinda Wenner

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-24

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Medicine & Health

Conditional Consciousness - pp27 - 28

Katherine Harmon

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-27

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Technology

Piercing the Plasma - pp28 - 29

Mark Wolverton

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-28

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Technology

The Shape of Atoms - p31

Davide Castelvecchi

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-31

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Energy & Environment

Setting Boundaries - p32

David Biello

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-32

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Zoning for Oceans - p34

The Editors

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-34

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Transgressing Planetary Boundaries - p36

Jeffrey D. Sachs

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-36

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Political Science - p38

Michael Shermer

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-38

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War is Peace - p40

Lawrence M. Krauss

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-40

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Science in Pictures Ocean Icon Silk Road Sojourn - p100

Kate Wong

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-100

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Ask the Experts - p102

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-102

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Crack Research - p104

Steve Mirsky

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-104

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Portrait of a Black Hole - pp42 - 49

Avery E. Broderick and Abraham Loeb

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-42

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World Changing Ideas - p50

The Editors

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-50a

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Energy

The No-Money-Down Solar Plan - pp50 - 51

Christopher Mims

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-50b

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Energy

More Ideas to Watch - p52

Christopher Mims

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-52a

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Transportation

Delivering the U.S. from Oil - pp52 - 53

Amanda Schupak

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-52b

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Transportation

Bus Rapid Transit - p53

Michael Moyer

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-53

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Environment

Ocean Overhaul - pp54 - 56

Sarah Simpson

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-54

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Environment

The Power of Garbage - p56

John Pavlus

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-56a

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Environment

More Ideas to Watch - p56

John Pavlus

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-56b

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Electronics And Robotics

The Omnipotence Machines - pp58 - 59

Gregory Mone

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-58

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Electronics And Robotics

The Do-Anything Robot - p59

Gregory Mone

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-59a

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Electronics And Robotics

Pocket Translator - p59

Gregory Mone

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-59b

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Health And Medicine

Know if Disease Grows Inside You - pp60 - 61

Melinda Wenner

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-60

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Health And Medicine

Satellites Diagnose Disease Outbreaks - p61

Katherine Harmon

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-61a

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Health And Medicine

More Ideas to Watch - p61

Melinda Wenner

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-61b

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Expanding the Limits of Life - pp62 - 67

Alexander S. Bradley

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-62

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Methane: A Menace Surfaces - pp68 - 75

Katey Walter Anthony

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-68

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Decoding an Ancient Computer - pp76 - 83

Tony Freeth

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-76

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The Double Life of ATP - pp84 - 92

Baljit S. Khakh and Geoffrey Burnstock

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-84

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Illuminating the Lilliputian - pp94 - 99

Gary Stix

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1209-94

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