Scientific American

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Scientific American
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Ciência
Ano de Lançamento:
2009
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Scientific American
Julho 2009

Working on Mars
A Moon-Walking Scientist Tells How

squashing superbugs
The Race for New Antibiotics

Grassoline at the Pump
By George W. Huber and Bruce E. Dale
Scientists are turning agricultural leftovers,
wood and fast-growing grasses into a huge
variety of biofuels—even jet fuel. But before
these next-generation biofuels go mainstream,
they have to compete with oil at $60 a barrel.

From the Moon to Mars
By Harrison H. Schmitt
The only scientist and feld geologist
ever to visit the moon offers some pointers
o those who will one day visit Mars.

New Ways to Squash
Superbugs
By Christopher T. Walsh
and Michael A. Fischbach
Scientists are using new tools and tactics
in the race to discover novel antibiotics.

The Ivory Trail
By Samuel K. Wasser, Bill Clark
and Cathy Laurie
The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory
threatens their existence. DNA-based forensic tools
can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade.

The Science of Bubbles
and Busts
By Gary Stix
Economic theory posits that people are rational
investors—a basic assumption that is now being
revisited in light of the worst economic crisis since
the Great Depression.

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