Magazine

2014 Issues

  • November-December - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 6

    November-December 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 6

    • "Candy Crush’s Puzzling Mathematics," by Toby Walsh

    • "The Evolutionary Truth About Living Fossils," by Alexander J. Werth and William A. Shear

    • "Curious Chemistry Guides Hydrangea Colors," by Henry D. Schreiber

    • "Estrogen in Men," by Erik Wibowo and Richard Wassersug

    • "The Statistical Crisis in Science," by Andrew Gelman and Eric Loken

  • September-October - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 5

    September-October 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 5

    • "A Threat to New Zealand’s Tuatara Heats Up," by Kristine L. Grayson, Nicola J. Mitchell, and Nicola J. Nelson

    • "Master of Missing Elements," by Eric R. Scerri

    • "What’s in a Grasp?" by David A. Rosenbaum, Oliver Herbort, Robrecht van der Wel, and Daniel J. Weiss

    • "New Twists in Earth’s Radiation Belts," by Daniel N. Baker

    • "Quietest Places in the World," by Trevor Cox

  • July-August - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 4

    July-August 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 4

    • "Can Skinny Fat Fight Obesity?" by Philip A. Rea, Peter Yin, and Ryan Zahalka

    • "Engines Powered by the Forces Between Atoms," by Fabrizio Pinto

    • "Why Some Animals Forgo Reproduction in Complex Societies," by Peter M. Buston and Marian Y. L. Wong

    • "The Deadly Dynamics of Landslides," by Susan W. Kieffer

  • May-June - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 3

    May-June 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 3

    • "On the Trail of the First Placental Mammals," by Maureen A. O'Leary

    • "The Hidden Past of Invisible Ink," by Kristie Macrakis

    • "The Fine Art of Decay," by Sara C. Robinson

    • "War and Redemption in Gorongosa," by Edward O. Wilson

    • "H.M.S. Beagle, 1820-1870," by Keith Thomson

  • March-April - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 2

    March-April 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 2

    • "Engineered Molecules for Smarter Medicines," by Darlene K. Taylor and Uddhav Balami

    • "Social Media Monitors the Largest Fish in the Sea," by Tim K. Davies

    • "The Challenge of Manufacturing Between Macro and Micro," by Robert J. Wood

    • "Simulating Star Formation on the Galactic Scale," by Clare Dobbs

    • "Twisted Math and Beautiful Geometry," by Eli Maor and Eugen Jost

  • January-February - 2014 - Volume: 102 - Number: 1

    January-February 2014

    Volume: 102 Number: 1

    • "The Dilemma of Space Debris," by David Finkleman

    • "Flights of Fancy in Avian Evolution," by Daniel T. Ksepka

    • "How to Fight Back Against Antibiotic Resistance," by Gautam Dantas and Morten O. A. Sommer

    • "The Visual Trickery of Obscured Animals," by Judy Diamond and Alan B. Bond

    • "Ocean Acidification: The Other Climate Change Issue," by Ashanti Johnson and Natasha D. White