Scientific American Magazine
January 2015Features
Better Than Earth
Planets quite different from our own may be the best homes for life in the universe
Living Large
Microscopes find beauty in the most unexpected places
Will We Still Enjoy Pinot Noir?
Winegrowers are trying to preserve the flavor of your favorite reds and whites as climate change alters the compounds in grapesPLUS:Vintage Scientists
In Search of Sunken Treasure
Scientists are using exotic technologies to excavate underwater shipwrecks with the same precision as an archaeological dig
Diving into Underwater Exploration
For 500 years, explorers and marine archeologists have exploited the latest technologies to reach new depths, often at great risk to themselves
A World — of — Movement
A new “motion microscope” reveals tiny changes in objects—and people—that appear to be stock-still
Why We Have Free Will
Neurons fire in your head before you become aware that you have made a decision. But this discovery does not mean you are a “biochemical puppet”
A Weakness in Bacteria's Fortress
Evolutionary biologists are trying to attack bacteria in a new way: by short-circuiting their social life
Outlook
Animal Models: Dogged pursuit
In the study of haemophilia, man really does have a best friend
Gene therapy: Genie in a vector
Repairing the faulty genes that cause haemophilia could ultimately cure the disease, but it will be a tough challenge
Orthopaedics: Joint effort
The hunt is on for ways to diagnose and treat the joint problems that are now the main chronic problem in haemophilia
Immunology: Oral solutions
Pills made from lettuce leaves could help to prevent one of the most serious complications of haemophilia treatment
Clotting Factors: Stretching time
Extending the life of clotting factors may improve quality of life for people with haemophilia
Born in the blood
People with the inherited bleeding disorder haemophilia lack factors that cause the blood to clot. The disease affects thousands of people around the world and has even played a part in historic events
Nature Outlook: Haemophilia
A flow of ideas to stop the bleeding
Thrombosis: Balancing act
A promising therapy curtails clotting inhibitors rather than replacing proteins that promote blood clotting
Perspective: The fix is in
History explains why people with haemophilia, and their physicians, are cautious to believe that a cure is in sight, says Stephen Pemberton
Departments
- 50, 100 & 150 YEARS AGO
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
- ADVANCES
Quick Hits
The Dust Belt Next Door
Monikers Matter
From Rain to Ranges
Bacteria? They Love All Manure
Dancing with the Asteroids
The Pulse of Pacemakers
Theoretical Particles, Still Theoretical
Parental Controls
Ebola Suits
Health Advice from a Grizzly
- ANTI GRAVITY
From Big Men to Bronx Bison
- FORUM
The End of Economic Growth?
- FROM THE EDITOR
Many Worlds
- GRAPHIC SCIENCE
Sass vs. Substance
- LETTERS TO THE EDITORS
Letters
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Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space through Time
Finding Zero: A Mathematician's Odyssey to Uncover the Origins of Numbers
- SKEPTIC
Here Be Zombies
- TECHNOFILES
You: By the Numbers
- THE SCIENCE AGENDA
A Hacker's Guide to Planet Cooling
- THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH
When DNA Means “Do Not Ask”
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