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FEATURES

The Future of Energy: Earth, Wind,  Water

by Eric A. Powell

Our biggest sources of energy basically rely on fire—burning fossil fuels. To build a sustainable energy future, we have to start relying on the other three classical elements.

Frozen. Irradiated. Desolate. Alive?

by Gregory Mone

A rebellious young scientist  makes the case that Jupiter’s icy moon  Europa could host thriving life. 

Your Cancer, Your Cure: How New Genetic Tests Are Saving Lives

by David Ewing Duncan

Potent new cancer  treatments come with a big catch: They tend to work on just a few people. New ways to match the right drug with the right patient could finally  lead to a genuine  breakthrough. 

Into the Permian Woods

by Josie Garthwaite

In Mongolia, 298-million-year-old plant fossils paint a portrait of what life was like long before the dinosaurs. 

How Infinite In Faculty

by Ray Kurzweil

Future machines will exhibit a full range of human traits and help answer one of science’s most important questions: What is consciousness?

False Eyewitness

by Douglas Starr

“Who are you going  to believe? Me or your lying  eyes?”

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Note: Tangled Life

by Corey S. Powell

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Plastic

by Rebecca Coffey

Getting Personal

Getting Personal: How I Discovered the Hunting Prowess of the Jumbo Squid

by Sophia Li

Vital Signs: A Twitch of the Heart

by H. Lee Kagan

When a cardiac nurse collapses during a stress test, her physicians must track down a rare heart condition before it kills her.

Big Idea: Bring Back the "Cold Fusion" Dream

by Mark Anderson

A new theory may explain the notorious cold fusion experiment from two decades ago, reigniting hopes of a clean-energy breakthrough.

Hot Science: The Best New Science Culture

by Andrew Grant, Mara Grunbaum, Eric A. Powell, Veronique Greenwood, Emma Bryce, Fangfei Shen, Chanel Martin

Sea dragons, brainy hallucinations, magnetic time capsules

The Brain: An Electric Cure for the Mind

by Carl Zimmer

Why does shock therapy beat back depression? New experiments show how such a blunt  treatment can have such positive effects.

Notes From Earth

Notes From Earth: Echoes From the Distant Past

by Douglas Starr

Ancient acoustical engineers  designed subterranean soundscapes  as stirring as any special effects.

DATA

Auto Advances: Turbocharged Renaissance

by John Voelcker

Connections: Testing for Shrapnel Sickness 

by Fangfei Shen

NASA Builds an Inflatable Heat Shield 

by Adam Hadhazy

The Contrarians: Stop Policing Testosterone  in Female Athletes 

by Katrina Karkazis, Rebecca Jordan-Young

A Brain’s Red Alert 

by Fangfei Shen

Airports Are a Pandemic's Best Friend

by Emma Bryce

A computer model shows how outbreaks get around. Spoiler: New York's JFK is a hub for people and pathogens alike.

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