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  1. Quantum Special Issue : PDF Download page

    All files are saved as PDFs.  Please download Adobe’s Acrobat Reader to view these files. Clash of the quantum tıtans (Tom Siegfried)/Zombie cat (Alexandra Witze) (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdnessPDF 888KB Everyday entanglement (Laura Sanders)/A spooky link/75 years of entanglement (Alexandra Witze)/Quantum weirdness in actionPDF 1.18MB

    By Science News
  2. Chemistry

    King Midas’ Modern Mourners

    Chemistry resurrects—in Philadelphia—an ancient funeral banquet.

    By Jessica Gorman
  3. Paleontology

    A Makeover for an Old Friend

    Time and technology revamp a dinosaur classic.

    By Sid Perkins
  4. Astronomy

    X-Ray Visionary

    Proposed observatory would image black holes and coronas of nearby stars.

    By Ron Cowen

  5. Culture of the Sea

    Whales and dolphins strut their social stuff for scientists.

    By Bruce Bower
  6. Astronomy

    Invisible Universe

    X-ray astronomy opens a new window on the most energetic cosmic events.

    By Ron Cowen
  7. Health & Medicine

    Know Your Enemy

    Scientists mine the tuberculosis genome.

    By Damaris Christensen

  8. What’s Worth Saving?

    A fracas over a biological term could have huge consequences for conservation.

    By Susan Milius
  9. Animals

    Cetacean Seniors

    Whales that give new meaning to longevity.

    By Janet Raloff
  10. Physics

    Breaking the Law

    Can quantum mechanics + thermodynamics = perpetual motion?

    By Peter Weiss

  11. Human, Mouse, Rat . . . What’s Next?

    Scientists lobby for a chimpanzee genome project.

    By John Travis
  12. Earth

    The Making of a Grand Canyon

    Carving this beloved hole in the ground may not have been such a long-term project.

    By Sid Perkins