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  1. Humans

    From the May 26, 1934, issue

    Extracting bromine from the sea, a new treatment for cancer, and a novel altimeter.

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  2. Chemistry

    Chemical Knot: Scientists assemble legendary symbol by interlocking molecules

    Chemists have constructed a molecular version of a Borromean knot.

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  3. Paleontology

    Crawling through Time: Fish bones reveal past climate change

    The timing of ancient migrations of snakehead fish from the Indian subcontinent into Europe, Asia, and Africa tells scientists about temperature and humidity changes in those locations.

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  4. 19425

    The Japanese researchers who dubbed a pachyderm secretion to be “hipposudoric acid” seem to know more about biochemistry than about etymology.