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In the Oct. 13 SN: 2018’s scientists to watch, superconductors heat up, the world’s oldest drawing, a sneaky superbug slayer, Ceres’ ice volcanoes, the birth of a neutron star, kidney stones close-up and more.
November 25, 2017View Digital Issue
Editor's Note
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill says scientists sometimes take risks that can lead to significant rewards and important discoveries.
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192 No. 9
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November 25, 2017
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Features
Feature
Ancient steppe herders traveled into Europe and Asia, leaving their molecular mark and building Bronze Age cultures.
Feature
Better simulating the dense parts of the universe could improve scientists’ view of how the universe evolves.
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Editor's Note
Acting Editor in Chief Elizabeth Quill says scientists sometimes take risks that can lead to significant rewards and important discoveries.
Features
Better simulating the dense parts of the universe could improve scientists’ view of how the universe evolves.
Ancient steppe herders traveled into Europe and Asia, leaving their molecular mark and building Bronze Age cultures.
News
A newly spotted asteroid might be the first known to come from outside the solar system, and it could carry information about the makeup of alien planet systems.
First global look estimates the massive human and financial toll caused by pollution-related health problems.
“Delayed-choice” experiment performed in space reaffirms the idea that light can behave like a wave or a particle.
Lightweight, insect-inspired robot can swim, fly and leap from the surface of water.
Synthetic cells crafted in the lab could provide a more precise, longer-lasting diabetes treatment.
Endangered population of orangutans is the oldest surviving red ape lineage, a new study finds.
Longer dry spells and more nutrient-poor bamboo might eventually doom the greater bamboo lemur, a critically endangered species.
Winds may be helping warm ocean waters speed up the melting of East Antarctica’s largest glacier.
Light particles, or photons, swap energy like electrons in a superconductor.
High-energy particle imaging helps scientists peek inside one of the world’s oldest, largest monuments.
Tyrannosaurus rex may have used its small arms for slashing prey.
New gene editors can correct common typos that lead to disease.
Bees learn about colorful floral rings faster when nanoscale arrays aren’t quite perfect.
The latest LIGO signal proves that gravitational waves travel at the speed of light, ruling out a swath of cosmological theories in the process.
Fungi are overlooked contributors to health and disease.
The Chicxulub impact spewed more sulfur than previously believed.
Plants long entombed beneath Canadian ice are now emerging, telling a story of warming unprecedented in the history of human civilization.
Notebook
Lessons learned from flushing space toilets can help researchers plan life-hunting missions to icy moons.
New genomic sequencing confirms that stick insects discovered near Lord Howe Island are the assumed-extinct Lord Howe stick insect.
Artificial limbs have come a long way since 1967.
Reviews & Previews
"Beneath Our Feet" puts maps on display to show how people have envisioned and explored Earth’s subsurface.
Letters to the Editor
Readers wanted to know more about the scientists' research who were profiled in "The SN 10: Scientists to watch."
Science Visualized
A catalog of live brain cells reveals stunning diversity and intricate shapes, and may help scientists understand the abilities of the human brain.