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FEATURES

The Magnificent Mission

In six months NASA will launch one of the most ambitious spacecraft ever conceived--designed to look back through time and tell us the greatest secrets of the universe,including how it will end

by Meredith F. Small, Cleo Sullivan

Chimpanzees speak in dialects, invent odd grooming styles, and drum better than most kids in marching bands. So what's left to separate them from us?

So, You Want to Be the Boss?

by Matt Mahurin, Richard Conniff

Evolutionary psychologists say that no matter how often masters of our universe like Bill Gates beat their chests, the real secret to gaining power over others is--get this--being nice

The New Math of Gambling

by Brad Lemley

Today 47 states offer legal gambling. All you need to beat the house is some Internet savvy, the right number-crunching software, a thorough grounding in probability theory, and a few hours with an acting coach

by Ellen Ruppel Shell, Alastair Thain

He's already proved you wrong.

DEPARTMENTS

Humans seem to distinguish between having sex and creating a pair-bond, although for each we use the word mate

Reviews

by Tony Dajer

An insidious--and often undiagnosed--sleep disorder robs a woman of her ability to take in oxygen

DATA

Hidden in Plain Sight

by Jocelyn Selim

A Dentist's Nightmare

by Jocelyn Selim

Avoiding the next Big Hack Attack

by Fenella Saunders

The Dragon Eats the Sun

by Jessica Gorman

English Super-Rats

Interstellar Downpour

The Physics of. . . Karate

by Curtis Rist

Scientists say it's not a trick--it just takes blinding speed and a couple thousand newtons

Works in Progress

by Karen Wright

Even the best technology in the world can't seem to calculate how high this mountain really is

by Eric Haseltine

NeuroQuest

Landlubber Genes

by Kathy A. Svitil

Hookers & Haulers

Discover Dialogue

Shakers Behaving Badly

by Eric Powell

by Bob Berman

Doomsayers are howling through their teeth about the alignment of planets on May 5

by Brad Lemley

This tube of supercharged sound could make the biggest bang since internal combustion

by Scott Kim

Bogglers

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