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The Sinkhole Hunters
In sprawling Florida, one group of geologists is never short on business.
Five Short Stories About the Life and Times of Ideas
A complexity theorist explores how science and culture co-evolve.
The Hidden Ocean Patch That Broke Climate Records
Why the recent global warming hiatus may have ended.
Fear in the Cockpit
The tragic plane crash in Taipei was the result of mechanical and psychological failures.
Yes, You Can Catch Insanity
A controversial disease revives the debate about the immune system and mental illness.
How the Computer Got Its Revenge on the Soviet Union
Condemned as a capitalist tool, the computer would help expose the USSR’s weakness.
The Executioner We Can’t Live Without
You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.
The Amazing, Autotuning Sandpile
A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.
The Impossible Physiology of the Free Diver
The amazing underwater athletes are rewriting the science of the body.











