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SPECIAL SECTION: NEUROSCIENCE
When the brain's mirror neuron system malfunctions, perhaps lack of empathy and other characteristics of autism are the result
COSMOLOGY
Between the big bang and the formation of the first stars, the cosmos was utterly lightless. But astronomers can finally start peering into the darkness
SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
Seeing with Superconductors
Sensors made of superconducting material can detect individual photons and have applications ranging from antiterrorism to astronomy
Web-only sidebar: Two Applications of Superconducting Detectors
Seeing with Superconductors
Sensors made of superconducting material can detect individual photons and have applications ranging from antiterrorism to astronomy
Web-only sidebar: Two Applications of Superconducting Detectors
SPECIAL SECTION: NEUROSCIENCE
Mirrors in the Mind
Mirror neurons, a special class of cells in the brain, may mediate our ability to mimic, learn and understand the actions and intentions of others
Mirrors in the Mind
Mirror neurons, a special class of cells in the brain, may mediate our ability to mimic, learn and understand the actions and intentions of others
ECOLOGY
Reviving Dead Zones
Around the world, nutrients in runoff are turning coastal sea areas into oxygen-deprived dead zones hostile to life. But the example of the Black Sea shows these regions can be saved
Reviving Dead Zones
Around the world, nutrients in runoff are turning coastal sea areas into oxygen-deprived dead zones hostile to life. But the example of the Black Sea shows these regions can be saved
ARCHAEOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY
The Origin of the Greek Constellations
Was the Great Bear constellation named before hunter nomads first reached the Americas more than 13,000 years ago?
The Origin of the Greek Constellations
Was the Great Bear constellation named before hunter nomads first reached the Americas more than 13,000 years ago?
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Malware Goes Mobile
Consumers, phone makers and security companies must move quickly to quash the threat of new viruses targeting mobile devices
Malware Goes Mobile
Consumers, phone makers and security companies must move quickly to quash the threat of new viruses targeting mobile devices
Catchy Carbon
What Floyd Landis has in common with ocean sediment
Muscling Up Color
Polymer splits light for true color in displays
Keeping CO2 Down
The first U.S. project for carbon dioxide burial gives mixed results
Martian Field Test
Drilling in Greenland to prepare for Mars
Not Imagining It
Research into hallucinogens cautiously resumes
Wrong. Wronger. Wrongest.
Gunk-Free Fiber
The sticky problem of paper recycling
Smell like a scientist
The evidence proves that higher taxes and social "safety nets" do not necessarily hurt market economies
To better understand the nature of economic growth, study how species adapt and evolve
