To See or Not to See
Researchers are one step closer to determining how heavy the universe’s lightest matter particle might be
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50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: October 2019
Eating arsenic, what to do in case of fire, bubble computers, and more
Introducing the October 2019 Issue
Monsters of the Mesozoic skies, the quest for a room-temperature superconductor and more
Pterosaurs Were Monsters of the Mesozoic Skies
Fossils and mathematical modeling are helping to answer long-standing questions about these bizarre animals
Beekeepers Seek Resistance to the Honeybee’s Most Fearsome Enemy
Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain—but other threats loom
Creativity and AI: The Next Step
Combining two types of machine intelligence could open new frontiers of art...
Smartphone Data Show Voters in Black Neighborhoods Wait Longer
A new analysis adds to existing evidence for a racial disparity in wait times at polling places
Brains of Blind People Adapt in Similar Fashion
The brains of those who are blind repurpose the vision regions for adaptive hearing, and they appear to do so in a consistent way.
Uninhabitable Planets
Calling a distant world Earth-like is bad practice; calling it habitable is not much better
Can Rabbits Help Unravel the Mystery of Female Orgasm?
A study suggests the phenomenon may have evolved from a mechanism for triggering ovulation
