Neuroscience
How the Mind Emerges from the Brain's Complex Networks
The new discipline of network neuroscience yields a picture of how mental activity arises from carefully orchestrated interactions among different brain areas
Features
Biology
The World's First Virus-Proof Cell, with Redesigned DNA, Is About to Meet the Test of Its Life
Biologists are building an organism that can shrug off any virus on the planet. Impervious human cells may be next
Environment
The Ecologists and the Mine
Mining giant Rio Tinto made a high-profile pledge to improve the ecology of its ilmenite sites in Madagascar in cooperation with conservation scientists. Then its bottom line began to suffer...
Space & Physics
One Small Step Back in Time
Half a century after Apollo 11, we remember how we achieved the impossible and why we need to do it again
Space & Physics
Mapping the Mission
Modern satellite imagery and 3-D modeling give us a new view of how Apollo 11 played out
Space & Physics
The New Scramble for the Moon
A new race could be heating up to claim valuable moon terrain amid uncertain laws
Space & Physics
50 Years of Moon Missions: Graphic
All 122 attempts, visualized
Space & Physics
When Earth and the Moon Were One
An entirely new class of astronomical object—a synestia—may be the key to solving the lingering mysteries of lunar origin
Space & Physics
Apollo's Bounty: The Science of the Moon Rocks
The lunar rocks brought home by Apollo astronauts reshaped our understanding of the moon and the entire solar system. Gathering more of them is one of the most important reasons to go back...
Space & Physics
Come One, Come All: Building a Moon Village
Humanity first went to the moon to make a point. Now it’s time to overcome rivalries and pitch in together
Departments
- From the Editor
A Symphony of Science
- Letters
Readers Respond to the March 2019 Issue
- Advances
The Not So Dead Sea: Traces of Ancient Bacteria Found in the Lake's Sediments
Millipede Genitalia Glow in Ultraviolet Light
Art Meets Science in These Dazzling Lamps Made of Microbes
A Head Full of Fluid and Burning Eyes: NASA Astronaut Talks about His Year Living in Space
Interactive IQ Test May Better Predict Real-World Achievement
As Predicted, Some of Australia's Turtles Are Going Extinct
What Happened to All of the Universe's Antimatter?
New Sensor Could Detect Electrical Failures in Ships or Buildings
In Case You Missed It
New Pacemaker Harvests Energy from the Heart
- Forum
Cannabis Could Help Solve the Opioid Crisis
- The Science of Health
Genomic Surveillance Could Make a Big Difference in the Fight against Malaria
- The Science Agenda
The U.S. Should Go Back to the Moon--but Not on Its Own
- Recommended
A Saturn V LEGO Set, a Moon Images Exhibit and New Science Books
- Anti Gravity
Jared Diamond's New Book Upheaval Looks at Lessons to Be Found from Countries in Crisis
- 50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
1969: Catching Small Particles; 1919: Crashing Large Airplanes
- Graphic Science
Social Media Bots Deceive E-cigarette Users
- The Intersection
"Emotional AI" Might Sound Good, but It Could Have Some Troubling Consequences
- Ventures
We Should Be More Worried about Climate Change Than We Are about Nuclear Power
