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December 9, 2017View Digital Issue
Editor's Note
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill wonders what it would be like if scientists could see into the past and the future.
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192 No. 10
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December 9, 2017
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Features
Feature
Facing so many unknowns about multiple sclerosis, researchers explore the immune system, the neurons and the gut to fight the disease.
Feature
By simulating the changes that occurred during the warm Pliocene epoch, researchers are trying to predict Earth’s future hundreds of years from now.
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Editor's Note
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill wonders what it would be like if scientists could see into the past and the future.
Features
By simulating the changes that occurred during the warm Pliocene epoch, researchers are trying to predict Earth’s future hundreds of years from now.
Facing so many unknowns about multiple sclerosis, researchers explore the immune system, the neurons and the gut to fight the disease.
News
Experiments in mice show Alzheimer’s protein can travel from the blood of an affected mouse to the brain of a healthy animal.
Friction in Enceladus’ porous core could help heat its ocean enough to keep it liquid for billions of years.
Bit by qubit, scientists are edging closer to the realm where quantum computers will reign supreme.
Self-limiting genetic tools already in development may be able to get around concerns surrounding the use of gene drives.
An examination of 54 human brains suggests that adults don’t grow new neurons in the hippocampus, contrary to several widely accepted studies.
Stress may change sperm via packets of RNA in the epididymis, a mouse study suggests.
Three orb-weaving spiders may have the shortest circadian clocks yet discovered among animals.
Pluto may be the only place in the solar system whose atmosphere is kept cool by solid hazes, not warmed by gas.
New simulations can better predict when pedestrians cause a bridge to shimmy.
By correcting genes in stem cells and growing new skin in the lab, a new therapy repaired a genetic skin disease.
The weirdest supernova ever has lasted more than three years, and may be the third outburst from the same star.
Sheep trained to recognize celebrity faces demonstrate that the animals have face-recognition capabilities similar to humans and other primates.
Reptiles with big bites complicate claims of Stone Age butchery.
New hypertension guidelines broaden the range of those considered to have high blood pressure and emphasize lifestyle changes to combat the condition.
International cholera strains, rather than local ones, have caused raging epidemics, according to research that examined the bacteria’s DNA.
Notebook
The most ancient spiral galaxy seen to date is 11 billion years old and could help reveal how galaxies sprout arms.
A fan of tiny, elegant plumes on their legs helps certain water striders dash across flowing water without getting wet.
Leafhoppers produce microscopic balls that absorb light rather than reflect it and help camouflage the insects’ eggs.
50 years ago, scientists found that a lack of folic acid in pregnant women could cause birth defects. But now, how much is too much?
Nudibranchs’ stolen meals blur classic predator-prey levels.
Reviews & Previews
‘Bombshell’ tells the story of Hedy Lamarr’s double life as a Hollywood starlet and tech inventor.
The book ‘A Cold Welcome’ examines how the Little Ice Age and other climatic and geographic factors shaped colonial history.
Letters to the Editor
Readers raised questions about using gene editing tools to bring species back from the dead.
Science Visualized
Diseased corals fluoresce less than healthy corals, and a new analysis technique can help spot the reduced glow.