Space & PhysicsJune 1, 2018
The New Biography of the Sun
Our closest star has a much more exciting biography than scientists once assumed. New research illuminates the sun's past and potential future
Volume 318, Issue 6
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Features
CognitionJune 1, 2018
Sorry, Mom and Dad, Toys Cannot Supercharge Your Baby
Hundreds of toys promise to help babies read, learn, do math and walk earlier than expected—many without scientific backing
FitnessJune 1, 2018
The Science of Endometriosis
Endometriosis spreads like a vine through the bodies of roughly 176 million women worldwide, causing agony and infertility. Science has struggled to understand the condition, but new research is sparking hope for improved treatments soon
ConservationJune 1, 2018
How Global Warming Is Shrinking Earth's Animals
A rise in global temperatures may be making all kinds of creatures smaller—a trend with worrisome implications
Departments
Advances
Living on the Edge: Wildfires Pose a Growing Risk to Homes Built Near Wilderness Areas
Scent of Death: Honeybees Use Odors to Detect Deceased Broods
Oxygen Depletion Smothered Marine Life in Earth's Largest Mass Extinction
Stellar Effort: Chart of the Milky Way Includes More Than 1 Billion Stars
Microbes Living in Antarctic Huts Produce Novel Chemical Compounds
The Quirkier Uses of Graphene
In Case You Missed It
Speaking a Second Language May Give Low-Income Kids a Boost
Being a Couch Potato May Change Your Personality
From the Editor
The Sun, Supercharging Babies and the Eternal Search for Knowledge
Letters
Readers Respond to the February 2018 Issue
The Science Agenda
Indigenous Remains Do Not Belong to Science
Forum
We Should Teach All Students, in Every Discipline, to Think Like Scientists
The Science of Health
Why We Won't Miss Opioids
TechnoFiles
These Apps Don't Exist Yet--but They Should
Innovations In
The Biggest Questions in Science
What Is Spacetime?
What Is Dark Matter?
What Is Consciousness?
How Did Life Begin?
What Are the Limits of Manipulating Nature?
How Much Can We Know?
Reviews
Apollo, the Graphic Novel; Scientists on Acid and Other New Science Books
Skeptic
Web Searches Reveal (in Aggregate) What We're Really Thinking
Anti Gravity
A Book That Bills Itself as "the Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence"
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago
50/100/150 Years Ago: The Politics of Urban Riots in 1968
Graphic Science