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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.

Eye Reflections

Do the Math

Is a Cure for Blindness Really a Miracle?

Most people who see feel lost and helpless when everything is dark.

The Baffled Brain

In the sci-fi movie The Matrix, people lie motionless in pods of nutrients while they "dream” that they are living normal lives in the year 1999.

What's Behind Your Eyes

The Science of Sight

A More Acessible World

Some Surprising Obstacles

Camoufleurs And the Art of War

Artists use optical illusions to win wars and save lives.

NOT ACTUAL SIZE

Exploring the Many Faces of Caricature

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

Can Cats Predict Earthquakes?

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

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?

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?

Adolphe Sax – How To Invent An Instrument

The story of the saxophone

Courtney Craven – Gamer and disability activist

Craven does presentations worldwide to assist game developers, teachers, writers, and others in making text and images available to people with any disability.

The Sounds Of Star Wars

This is the sound design activity you’re looking for.

How Fast Is Sound?

An experiment

Deaf Friends

Want to communicate better with kids with hearing loss? Try these tips.