Neuroscience
The Seventh Sense
Long thought to be divorced from the brain, the immune system turns out to be intimately involved in its functioning
Features
Public Health
A Wave of Resurgent Epidemics Has Hit the U.S.
Resurgent outbreaks of infectious diseases are sickening thousands, and the causes are societal
Neuroscience
Brain Cells Communicate with Mechanical Pulses, Not Electric Signals
Physicists who have revived experiments from 50 years ago say nerve cells communicate with mechanical pulses, not electric ones
Evolution
The Real Paleo Diet
Microscopic wear patterns on fossil teeth reveal what our ancestors ate—and provide insights into how climate change shaped human evolution
Mathematics
The Unsolvable Problem
After a years-long intellectual journey, three mathematicians have discovered that a problem of central importance in physics is impossible to solve—and that means other big questions may be undecidable, too...
Space & Physics
Life of a Legend
Science mourns the death of physicist and icon of science Stephen Hawking
Space & Physics
The New Era of Multimessenger Astronomy
Astronomers’ newfound ability to see the same cosmic events in light, particles and gravitational waves— a synthesis called multimessenger astronomy— gives them a fuller picture of some of the universe’s most mysterious phenomena...
Climate Change
Surrendering to Rising Seas
Coastal communities struggling to adapt to rising seas are beginning to do what was once unthinkable: retreat
Evolution
The Unlikely Triumph of Dinosaurs
New fossils and analyses topple the long-standing explanation of how dinosaurs came to rule the earth
Evolution
Canary in the Crater
Scientists scramble to analyze data from the eruption of Kilauea, hoping to predict similar events elsewhere
Climate Change
The Arctic Is Breaking Climate Records, Altering Weather Worldwide
The Arctic climate is shattering record after record, altering weather worldwide
Policy
The American Economy Is Rigged
And what we can do about it
A Guide to the World Bitcoin Created
The first big digital currency gave us a glimpse of a new economic order—one that raises more questions than answers
Computing
Clicks, Lies and Videotape
Artificial intelligence is making it possible for anyone to manipulate audio and video. The biggest threat is that we stop trusting anything at all
Public Health
Model Citizens
How digital drug dealers and virtual users are providing clues to help stop the U.S. opioid epidemic
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