AstronomyFebruary 1, 2024
The New Story of the Milky Way’s Surprisingly Turbulent Past
The latest star maps are rewriting the story of our Milky Way, revealing a much more tumultuous history than astronomers suspected
Volume 330, Issue 2
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Features
PaleontologyFebruary 1, 2024
Tiny Fossils Reveal Dinosaurs’ Lost Worlds
Special assemblages of minuscule fossils bring dinosaur ecosystems to life
MathematicsFebruary 1, 2024
Tomorrow’s Quantum Computers Threaten Today’s Secrets. Here’s How to Protect Them
Researchers are racing to create codes so complex that even quantum computers can’t break them
CognitionFebruary 1, 2024
Brains Are Not Required When It Comes to Thinking and Solving Problems—Simple Cells Can Do It
Tiny clumps of cells show basic cognitive abilities, and some animals can remember things after losing their head
Particle PhysicsFebruary 1, 2024
Why Aren’t We Made of Antimatter?
To understand why the universe is made of matter and not antimatter, physicists are looking for a tiny signal in the electron
EthicsFebruary 1, 2024
Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand
Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ruining ecosystems and communities. Can it be stopped?
Departments
Advances
New Map Reveals Secrets of Io, the Solar System's Most Volcanic Moon
Bilingualism Is Reworking This Language's Rainbow
'Living Fossil' Lizards Are Constantly Evolving--You Just Can't See It
Psychiatric Disorders Spike After Gun Violence
Waiting to Cut the Cord Boosts Premature Babies' Survival
Bacteria Make Decisions Based on Generational Memories
Here's Why Infants Are Strangely Resistant to COVID
This Bat Uses Its Oversized Penis as an 'Arm' during Sex
Even 'Twilight Zone' Coral Reefs Aren't Safe from Bleaching
Elephantnose Fish 'Sees' by Doing an Electric Boogie
Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2024
What This Graph of a Dinosaur Can Teach Us about Doing Better Science
From the Editor
A Quantum Clock That Is Ticking Down, the Turbulent Milky Way and Dinosaur Lives
Letters
Readers Respond to the October 2023 Issue
The Science Agenda
Hospice Providers Must Be Better Regulated
Forum
AI Causes Real Harm. Let's Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype
Mind Matters
Learning to Accept Discomfort Could Help You Thrive
Q&A
How Hot Is 'Pepper X'? Its Creator Spent 6 Hours Recovering from Eating It
The Science of Health
A-fib--a Rapid, Irregular Heartbeat--Can Kill You, but New Tech Can Spot It
The Universe
See JWST's Spectacular New View of the Crab Nebula
Observatory
Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs
Meter
Poem: 'Midlife Calculus'
Reviews
Puns, Pranks and Puerile Humor: Silly Stories about Serious Science
The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs
Graphic Science
Visualizing Climate Disasters' Surprising Cascading Effects
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago