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  1. Science & Society

    Building big experiments to study very little things

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses our behind the scenes look at the giant equipment used to study the smallest bits of matter.

    By Nancy Shute
  2. Astronomy

    The TESS space telescope has spotted its first exoplanet

    TESS’s first exoplanet is twice Earth’s size and may have lots of water.

    By Lisa Grossman
  3. Tech

    A sensor inspired by an African thumb piano could root out bogus medicines

    An inexpensive, user-friendly device that’s based on an mbira could help identify counterfeit and contaminated medications.

    By Maria Temming
  4. Plants

    Smart plants can teach us a thing or two

    ‘The Revolutionary Genius of Plants’ challenges the brain-centered view of intelligence.