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  1. Humans

    From the June 9, 1934, issue

    Mexican archaeology, dry ice for shrinking metals, and choosing optimal flight paths for airplanes.

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  2. Math

    Groups, Graphs, and Erdös Numbers

    Erdös numbers reveal the great extent of mathematical collaboration.

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  3. 19431

    Horvath and Toffel’s comparison of the environmental impacts of the paper versus the electronic editions of the New York Times is a bit misleading. A personal digital assistant isn’t good for advertising or newspaper browsing. In other words, the PDA users aren’t getting a comparable product. Still, the day is probably not too far off […]

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  4. Earth

    Newspaper’s Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that’s fit to print

    The environmental impacts of getting a newspaper dropped on your doorstep each morning vastly outweigh those of receiving the same information via a handheld electronic device.