EvolutionNovember 1, 2015
How Egypt's Great Pyramid Changed Civilization
The construction of Egypt's most famous monument spawned a social organization that changed the world
Volume 313, Issue 5
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Features
HealthNovember 1, 2015
Nanotech May Help Diagnose Deadly Infections in Minutes, Not Days
Tiny new probes can diagnose infections in 20 minutes, knocking days off the wait for results and saving lives
BiologyNovember 1, 2015
Mistrust of Scientists Is Allowing the Xylella Bacterium to Kill Italy's Olive Trees
Mistrust among growers and scientists may threaten Italy's olive groves more than the nasty bacterium they are fighting
Mind & BrainNovember 1, 2015
How Babies Learn Language
Every infant is a natural-born linguist capable of mastering any of the world's 7,000 languages like a native
Space & PhysicsNovember 1, 2015
How Einstein Revealed the Universe's Strange "Nonlocality"
Our sense of the universe as an orderly expanse where events happen in absolute locations is an illusion
Departments
Advances
D.C. Set to Sink 6 Inches by 2100
Self-Medicating Monkeys Gobble Painkilling Bark
A Sooty North Pole Ahead
In Case You Missed It: Scotland Bans GMOs, the FDA Mandates Calorie Counts for Cocktails and More!
Thousands Hospitalized This Year Due to Fake Weed
NASA Eyes Torpedo Tech as an Alternative to Nuclear Batteries
A New Cook Arrives in Life's Kitchen
Astronomers May Have Witnessed 2 Black Hole Births
Meet PlankZooka, the Deep-Sea Plankton Vacuum
This Bridge Opens and Closes Like a Japanese Folding Fan
From the Editor
The Rise of Pyramids, Olive Troubles and Young Minds
Letters
Readers Respond to Mystery of the Hidden Cosmos
The Science Agenda
The U.S. Should Lead the World away from a Space War
Forum
How Doctors Can Confront Racial Bias in Medicine
Are Prions behind All Neurodegenerative Diseases?
Ambitious Dark Energy Project Probes Mysterious Cosmic Expansion
How to Build an Empathetic Robot
The Science of Health
An Overreaction to Food Allergies
TechnoFiles
Why Car Hacking Is Nearly Impossible
Reviews
Book Review: Suspicious Minds
Book Review: The Best American Infographics 2015
Book Review: Black Man in a White Coat
Book Review: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
Skeptic
Did Humans Evolve to See Things as They Really Are?
Anti Gravity
Chimp Uses Branch to a Swat Drone out of the Air
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
Electricity in 1915: Transporting People and Finding Buried Bombs
Graphic Science
Invasive Plants Are Moving from the Northern Hemisphere South
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