Table of Contents June 2013

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Join marine biologists in a race against the clock to save sharks before they're gone. Read about a computer chip that takes its inspiration from the human brain, and an electrode that could work around an injured brain to beat paralysis. Plus, imagine do-overs of our greatest modern disasters, and find out how we can engineer better cities to prevent our own extinction.

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DEPARTMENTS

North America as you've never seen it, moonwalker Buzz Aldrin talks space, Simon Pegg wants a transporter and a vacation destination that demands (radio) silence.

The science of self-deceit is more than a matter of evolutionary curiosity. Sometimes, it's a question with life or death consequences.

How to Prevent Glacial Lake Outbursts

Alton Byers talks about his work helping remote Himalayan villages prepare for climate change.

June Calendar

Segue into summer (solstice) with a citywide science festival, global beach cleanups and a movie that imagines an Earth without humans.

Can Embodied Cognition Explain Where Thoughts Occur?

Some cognitive scientists argue that without the help of your body, your brain would be nowhere.

What is Causing This Young Woman's Insatiable Need to Sleep?

Doctors suspect this sleep addict's brain may be running on empty.

Catching Cosmic Rays by the Tail

The Super-TIGER experiment earns its stripes 25 miles above the South Pole, collecting rare samples of distant, massive stars – and possibly evidence of a black hole much, much closer to home.

June Sky: Reckoning by Starlight

You'll never lose your way in the summer sky – even out in the boondocks – with these three stars to guide you.

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Beer

Sate your thirst for knowledge about beer's ancient origins, health benefits and surprising chemistry.

DATA

swirling-clock

Direct evidence of time reversal had been considered impossible — until now.

virus-sized-lasers

Technology could lead to ultrafast light-based data processing and storage.

medical-research-funding

The current system of competitive grants isn't the best way to finance medical research.

connectome-scanner

The super-MRI used in the Human Connectome Project is the ultimate brain hacking machine.

VR-helmet2

New virtual reality experiment lets people and rodents control interacting avatars.

footprint-forensics

Detective work can be done faster with software that matches shoe prints to a database.

carp-compass

The fish detect magnetic fields and use them to orient themselves along a North-South axis.

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