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FEATURES

by Ingfei Chen

Humans can outrun nearly every other animal on the planet over long distances.

by Alex Stone

In a group of 23 people, the odds are better than even that at least two of them will share a birthday.

Drake's Brave Guess

by Seth Shostak

A group of astronomers who met in 1961 to figure out the odds of finding intelligent life in our own galaxy turn out to have been really smart and really lucky.

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The Man Who Finds Planets

by Cal Fussman

Give Caltech astronomer Mike Brown a telescope and there's no telling what he might discover out there.

Q&A: John McCarter

by Kathy A. Svitil

The head of Chicago's Field Museum lends a powerful new voice to the evolution debate.

How To Build A T. Rex

by Jen Banbury

Place dinosaur bones in empty warehouse. Add sculptors and fossil glue. Assemble.

DEPARTMENTS

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Leonardo da Vinci

by Alex Stone, Jason Stahl

Raw Data: Why Stars Blow Up

by Jessica Ruvinsky

A star one second, an exploding supernova the next

Whatever Happened To...

Whatever Happened To... Talking to Dolphins?

by Susan Kruglinski

Blinded By Science

Blinded By Science: What Were We Thinking?

by Bruno Maddox

All along it has been the unconscious mind churning away brilliantly and undetectably that has raised us above the din

I Smell, Therefore I Think

by Jaron Lanier

Did odors give rise to the first words?

Vital Signs: Why Is She Getting Thinner?

by Douglas G. Adler

Linking stomach pain, diabetes, and weight loss saves a life.

DATA

Are We All Asians?

by Susan Kruglinski

Renegade anthropologists rethink where humans came from.

It's Not The Size Of The Fish

by Jessica Ruvinsky

Scientists spar over who's got the smallest.

Rain Man's Brain Explained

by Lauren Gravitz

Autistic children can mimic faces, but they can't read expressions.

A Better Energizer

by Alex Stone

An ultracapacitor is what really keeps going and going. . . .

Emerging Technology: Skype and Hype

by Steven Johnson

If its Internet phone service is free, how does it make money?

Why Do We Have Daylight Savings Time?

Plants Grab Control Of The Global Greenhouse

by Susan Kruglinski

German researchers identify a previously unknown emitter of methane.

Secrets Of Bat Machismo

by Jessica Ruvinsky

In some species, a successful male doesn't need much of a brain.

Origin Of The Ear

by JR Minkel

Once, it was more of a nose.

Those Dark Questions

by Susan Kruglinski

A maverick who unmasked Sherlock Holmes and calculated the time of Jesus' crucifixion is stirring things up again.

All Aboard The Cow Train

by Bjorn Carey

Natural gas from the manure of about 30 cows powers a train.

Relax And Think Like A Rat

by Elise Kleeman

People and animals learn best when given breaks between tasks.

Hating Human Hybrids

by Jessica Ruvinsky

The case for chimeras.

Sky Lights: Remote-Control Astronomy

by Bob Berman

View the cosmos on your computer.

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