NeuroscienceApril 1, 2019
Machines That Translate Wants into Actions
A new generation of brain-machine interfaces can deduce what a person wants
Volume 320, Issue 4
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Features
ConservationApril 1, 2019
Rebuilt Wetlands Can Protect Shorelines Better Than Walls
Fortified wetlands can protect shorelines better than hard structures
Public HealthApril 1, 2019
How the World’s First Dengue Vaccination Drive Ended in Disaster
Is a runaway immune reaction making a dengue vaccine dangerous?
Quantum PhysicsApril 1, 2019
Quantum Gravity in the Lab
Physicists attempting to unify the theories of gravity and quantum mechanics have long thought practical experiments were out of reach, but new proposals offer a chance to test the quantum nature of gravity on a tabletop
BiotechApril 1, 2019
A Drug Shows an Astonishing Ability to Regenerate Damaged Hearts and Other Body Parts
A once abandoned drug compound shows an ability to rebuild organs damaged by illness and injury
BiologyApril 1, 2019
Shocking Secrets of the Electric Eel
Investigations into how the electric eel uses electricity have revealed astonishing insights into the creature's physiology and behavior
HealthApril 1, 2019
How Calculus Was the Unsung Hero in the Fight against HIV
The story of a differential equation and a medical breakthrough
Departments
Advances
Building a Brain Implant for Smell
Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could "Outrun" Climate Change
Implicit Biases toward Race and Sexuality Have Decreased
Tiny Footprints May Have Been Made by World's Smallest Nonavian Dinosaur
Prehistoric Whodunit: New Technique Identifies What Killed Ancient Animals
AI-Based App Could Screen for Cervical Cancer
How to Turn Failure into Success
Computer Program Measures the Entropy of Art
Volcanic Eruptions Detected from Space
In Case You Missed It
From the Editor
The Joy of Science
Letters
Readers Respond to the December 2018 Issue
The Science Agenda
The World Health Organization Gives the Nod to Traditional Chinese Medicine. Bad Idea
Forum
Forests Are a Low-Tech but High-Impact Way to Fight Climate Change
The Science of Health
A Three-Hour Fix for Phobia, a Four-Day Therapy for OCD
Ventures
Machines That Read Your Brain Waves
Reviews
A New View of Life on Earth, the Paradox of Quantum Reality and Other New Science Books
The Intersection
YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side
Anti Gravity
How Some U.S. Cities Saw 70 Degree F Temperature Swings between January and February
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
1969: We Used Flints for Threshing; 1919: We Wanted Airships for Travel
Graphic Science
Scientific American Is the Source of More Than 1,000 New Terms
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