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Equality of Mathematicians
Despite a recent vote, America’s largest mathematical society lacks individual recognition.
What is the difference between a cold sore and a canker sore? Is it true that if you have a canker sore, you have herpes?
- asks Katie from Colorado
Tracing a Bullet Back to Its Gun
Researchers use acoustics to help soldiers better defend themselves from sniper fire.
Where the Elephants Used to Roam
The struggle to repair lost connections between wildlife and humans in Zambia’s Luangwa Valley.
Black Mayonnaise
For nearly 30 years, New York State agencies have known about a 17 million gallon oil spill under the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn. Now they’re finally starting to do something about it.
No Rest for the Young and Weary
A New York psychologist sheds light on the realities of terminal illness in American children.
Counting Coral
Coral ecologist Lyndon DeVantier discusses ecological assessment and management of coral reef systems.
What We Know about Cosmology
And what we might hope to discover, according to the new book Brave New Universe.




