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A Gatekeeper often asks: Who you are, What you can do, Where
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A Gatekeeper often asks the stranger,
Who you are, What you can do, Where you're headed
For a scientist, often asks oneself,
Who we are, What we can do, Where we're headed.
FEATURES
38 Beyond Limits
WHO WE ARE
EVOLUTION
40 Super Humanity
Our drive to exceed our evolutionary limits sets us apart
from the other beasts. By Robert M. Sapolsky
INTELLIGENCE
44 Can We Keep Getting Smarter?
Ever rising IQ scores suggest that future generations will
make us seem like dimwits in comparison. By Tim Folger
CONSCIOUSNESS
48 The Case of the Sleeping Slayer
In the neurological netherworld between sleep and
wakefulness,
the mind’s delirium can turn tragically real. By James Vlahos
AGING
54 How We All Will Live to Be 100
What is the best way to extend our life span: Cure disease
or slow the aging process? By Katherine Harmon
WHAT WE CAN DO
NEUROENGINEERING
58 Mind in Motion
Work is under way to allow paralyzed people to control
their limbs just by thinking. By Miguel A. L. Nicolelis
TECHNOLOGY
64 The Edge of Ambition
An offering of 10 projects that push the boundaries
of engineering. Research by Dave Mosher
COMPLEXITY
66 Machines of the Infinite
Whether or not machines can quickly answer yes-or-no
questions could affect everything from national security
to the limits of human knowledge. By John Pavlus
WHERE WE’RE HEADED
BASIC SCIENCE
72 Questions for the Next Million Years
What leading scientists would study if they could live
for hundreds or thousands of years—or more. By Davide Castelvecchi
ECOLOGY
78 The Great Climate Experiment
How far can we push the planet? By Ken Caldeira
PHYSICS
84 Beyond the Quantum Horizon
Once viewed as implying that nothing can be known
for certain, quantum theory is now expanding the power
of computers and the vistas of the mind. By
A Gatekeeper often asks: Who you are, What you can do, Where you're headed
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