Give your students the best of both worlds-accessible, dynamic, relevant articles from Scientific American magazine that present key issues in biology, paired with the authority, reliability, and clarity of Benjamin Cummings' non-majors biology texts. Articles cover current topics in biology like Preparing for a Pandemic, CSI: Reality, Founder Mutations, His Brain, Her Brain, Protecting more than Animals, Buying Time in Suspended Animation, and more.  A host of questions at the end of each article help students check their comprehension and see the connections between science and society. Each volume is available at no additional charge when packaged with a new text.