BETH FLINT

WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST

The Floating Island Cookbook

CROWD-PLEASING RECIPES FOR BUOYANT LANDMASSES

WHICH OF THESE LOW-TECH ISLANDS WOULD YOU VISIT?

IT MAY SEEM LIKE THE INTERNET AND CELL PHONE SERVICE ARE EVERYWHERE. But they're not. On remote islands, it may be difficult or even impossible to go online or use your phone. Some people long for a break from technology. Are you one of them? Or, do you never let your phone out of your sight? If you had to choose, which of these low-tech islands would you visit?

Life Between the Tides

SURVIVING THE INTERTIDAL ZONE ALONG CATALINA ISLAND

THE WILD PONIES OF ASSATEAGUE ISLAND YOU CAN WATCH 'EM, BUT YOU CAN'T RIDE 'EM

Imagine a large herd of wild horses running free. Americans might picture them in a Western U.S. state like Montana, Wyoming, or Nevada. But just a three-hour drive from the bustling city of Washington, DC, is a unique island called Assateague. There, hundreds of wild ponies have run free along the beaches and through the forests for centuries.

Q: How does our childhood make us who we are when we are adults?

Q&A - Jane, age 10, Utah

ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR MENDELEEV

Sometimes how you organize things makes all the difference.

DON'T FEAR THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE

"I don't know where we are...both my compasses are out." This was one of the last radio messages that US Navy Lt. Charles C. Taylor ever sent. He had been out on a routine training mission with his students, flying in a group of five planes over the ocean off the Eastern coast of Florida on December 5, 1945. They never returned. No trace of the men or any of their planes was ever found.

FROM THE BUREAU OF LOST FACTS AND MISPLACED EXAM ANSWERS

Try these memory methods, and you'll never forget a faćt again! a

Laser Beams Discover a Lost World

A POWERFUL NEW ARCHAEOLOGY TOOL REVEALS COUNTLESS MAYA STRUCTURES.

From the PLEISTOCENE

The lost world of mammoths, saber-toothed cats, and dire wolves

ROBIN TINGHITELLA

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST

THE SEARCH FOR LOST SPECIES

EVEN SPECIES LOST FOR DECADES CAN BE FOUND AGAIN.

LOST EVERY DAY

A medical condition leads some people to get lost every day of their lives.

UNFORGETTABLE

EMOTIONS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN WHAT WE REMEMBER

When the Sahara Was a Seaway

HOW SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE EXPOSED THE WATERY PAST OF THE DRIEST PLACE ON EARTH.

NOT ACTUAL SIZE

Exploring the Many Faces of Caricature

Eye Reflections

Do the Math

A More Acessible World

Some Surprising Obstacles

Camoufleurs And the Art of War

Artists use optical illusions to win wars and save lives.

Matthias and the Dragons

STRIDING QUICKLY ALONG, Matthias glanced uneasily at the black stone cliffs towering beside him. Ahead, a still lake swarmed with dark clouds of midges. Finally, he spied the faraway ocean. Now I know my way back, he thought. I’d better hurry. We’re leaving the inn this afternoon, and Father won’t be too pleased if I’m late.

Chopsticks

Shay can never hold her chopsticks properly. When she uses them, they crisscross and make an X, and sometimes she cannot quite pick up the slippery pieces of tofu. Her mother laughs.

WHY DO SOME QUESTIONS CONFUSE ROBOTS?

A COMPUTER can easily defeat a human at chess or even the quiz show Jeopardy. But questions that seem obvious trip them up. Read these three:

LIAM MOHAJERI NORRIS

LEGO® ENTHUSIAST, BUILDER, TEACHER

SEEING IT COMING

Tornado forecasts can be challenging, but a new strategy shows promise.

HI! I'M A CLOUD!!

THE EDITORS OF MUSE ASKED IF I COULD WRITE A FEW WORDS ABOUT GEOENGINEERING, and I said, A few WORDS?? Are you kidding?! I could write a few BOOKS!! Geoengineers* are so clever, so “with it”—I mean, they truly understand how interesting I am. You know?

Behind The Curtain With Bayesian Statistics

What are statistics? Why do we need them?

Ashton Robinson Cook - Meteorologist

Ashton Robinson Cook always knows when a tornado, hurricane, or winter storm is coming. It’s his job to know. As a meteorologist, he analyzes weather data to figure out where and when storms are likely to hit. Typical weather forecasting tools can look only up to a week ahead. But Cook has developed software called WeatherDeep that can make predictions up to two months in advance. Cook was the first African American man to earn a PhD in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma and also earned the 2017 American Association of State Climatologists (AASC) Dissertation Award for his research on tornadoes.

5 Totally Terrible Technology Predictions

Can you do better? What tech do you expect in 2050?

Can Cats Predict Earthquakes?

Are animals’ powers to foretell natural disasters fact or folklore?