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FEATURES

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Bats, Man! / 25 Scientists are zeroing in on a critical threat to creatures of the night

Brilliant Badasses / 28 Fifty years after NASA’s first astronaut recruits: These space-cowboys-in-training made fraternity hazing look like a cakewalk

Fear & Popcorn / 34

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From giant monsters to natural disasters, the silver screen showcases our real-world fears and paranoia

Rock Stars / 36 Meet the Indiana Joneses in search of space treasures in the meteorite-hunting world

Spies Like You / 40 In a world of click, film and post, is Little Brother watching you, too?

THE WEB

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What’s new this month at SciQmagazine.com Vacation, But Better Dive with whale sharks, chug a pint at Britain’s best pubs and snap photos from space on these scientific adventures

Games 2.0

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If board games make you bored, and video games leave you stiff, these next-generation European imports are your ticket to excitement

Mercury 7 Photo Gallery Take a glimpse at the oddball training programs, risky missions and outdated outfits of NASA’s first astronauts

The Best Sci of All Time Magnificent man-ventions we can’t live without

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SCI Q » CULTURE

Contents JANUARY 2009

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SPORTS / HEALTH

Reversing the Marijuana Munchies / 7

Finding Troy / 13 A dead archaeologist is vindicated

Can a little Mary Jane and a lot of science help us put down the fork?

Feline Freaks of Nature / 15 Checking in with Hemingway’s mutant pets

Gagging on Your Gallbladder / 8

Mapping Personalities / 16

Surgery’s latest no-cut solution

Psychogeography explains rude New Yorkers and spacey Californians

White Death / 8 TB is older than it’s ever been

Mangled Monkeys / 17

Fat Fighters / 9

Kenya’s answer to avoiding primate roadkill

Tapeworms and other gross stuff to blast your beer gut

Biggest. Camera. Ever. / 24

Sports = Brainpower / 10

We bet yours doesn’t need to be towed on a trailer

A healthy dose of glued-to-the-TV game day could actually smarten you up

» BEYOND Searching for Sasquatch / 22 The age-old hunt is still on

Centers of Gravity / 23 Semi-scientific attractions for your next roadtrip

Anti-Alien Head Gear / 23 Your official guide

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EARTH

Ology of the Month / 14 Myrmecology – More than just ant farms

» REGULARS Editor’s Letter / 3 Blast Off / 4 Sci Q&A / 44 The End / 45

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January 2009

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The Tribe That Can’t Stop Running / 10

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How Mexico’s Tarahumara master 100-mile races

Free Agent / 12 Blunt force drama in the NFL

TRAVEL

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You Wish This Was Your Job / 18 Globe-trotting with Julia Whitty

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TECHNOLOGY

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High-Tech Tastes / 19 Scientists up the ante in the battle against wine fraud

Robofish / 20 Part fish. Part robot. All awesome.

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Get the Gear / 6 Gadgets your friends won’t have this Super Bowl Sunday