Reviews

  1. Science & Society

    An app to track firefly flashings

    This summer, you can contribute to citizen science by tracking lightning bugs in your backyard.

    By Bethany Brookshire
  2. Earth

    ‘Tambora’ links volcano to the ‘year without a summer’

    Author Gillen D’arcy Wood links the volcano to historical changes in art, opium, cholera and more.

    By Erin Wayman
  3. Anthropology

    ‘Kidding Ourselves’ shows the rational side of self-deception

    Author Joseph T. Hallinan explains why people believe the darnedest things.

    By Nathan Seppa
  4. Life

    Microscapes take off at D.C’s Dulles airport

    “Life: Magnified,” a display of microscope images depicting cells, microbes and details of life invisible to the naked eye runs from June to November.