In the April 14 SN: Killer heat, mass insect migrations, the latest Saturn updates, rethinking the Nobel Prize, tectonics on Venus, the science of mass shootings, ancient tool trends and more.
DRUMMING UP ENTANGLEMENT Two teams of scientists demonstrated quantum linkages between two specially designed jiggling structures: drumheadlike objects (illustrated) and silicon beams (not shown).
Petja Hyttinen/Aalto University, Olli Hanhirova/ARKH Architects
RAVEN RASCAL Avian offenders like this raven caused a glitch in LIGO’s data by pecking at ice that built up on a pipe.
Robert Schofield
ROCKET BLOCKER The United States’ ground-based missile defense system, shown here in a test conducted at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, aims to protect the U.S. from ballistic missiles.