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  1. Humans

    Peer Review under the Microscope

    The traditional method for communicating results of scientific research could get its biggest facelift in hundreds of years.

    By Christen Brownlee
  2. Humans

    Letters from the December 16, 2006, issue of Science News

    Familiar pattern I am a retired high school mathematics teacher who has quilted mathematical ideas for over 20 years. Currently, I am working on a quilt called Pascal’s Pumpkin. I was totally excited by “Swirling Seas, Crystal Balls: Spirals of triangles crinkle into intricate structures” (SN: 10/21/06, p. 266) and began to think about quilting […]

    By Science News
  3. Math

    Travels of a Shopper

    Shoppers tend to be a lot less efficient than they could be when picking up groceries at the supermarket.