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Pterosaurs Sported True Feathers • SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG WONDERED WHETHER THE FLYING REPTILES WERE COVERED IN FUR, FUZZ OR SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY. BUT NEW EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THESE DINOSAUR COUSINS HAD VIBRANTLY COLORFUL PLUMAGE.

MEET THE FIREFIGHTING GOATS OF DUBLIN

Unlocking Your Brain’s Unique ‘Fingerprint’ • A NEW WAY TO MAP NEURODIVERSITY IN THE BRAIN MAY LEAD TO PREVENTATIVE TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE SCHIZOPHRENIA AND DEPRESSION.

X-RAYS REVEAL VAN GOGH SELF-PORTRAIT • ART CONSERVATORS USE A VARIETY OF HIGH-TECH TOOLS TO PEEL BACK THE LAYERS OF A PAINTING.

Monika Schleier-Smith and the Quantum Universe • THIS PHYSICIST CUSTOMIZES QUANTUM NETWORKS IN THE LAB. HER EXPERIMENTS ARE ADVANCING QUANTUM COMPUTING AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNIVERSE.

HUGE YET HIDDEN

Colonizing Mars Could Speed Up Human Evolution • HIGH RADIATION, LOW GRAVITY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES COULD SPUR MARTIAN HUMANS TO MUTATE RELATIVELY QUICKLY IN COMPARISON TO ON EARTH.

MEDIEVAL FRIARS WERE FILLED WITH WORMS • A STUDY SHOWS THAT THOSE LIVING IN FRIARIES SUFFERED FROM INTESTINAL PARASITES TWICE AS FREQUENTLY AS EVERYONE ELSE.

Tachyons: The Theoretical Particles With a Sci-Fi Twist • THESE EXTRAORDINARY PARTICLES RAISE THE POSSIBILITY OF TRAVELING BACK IN TIME, BUT ACTUALLY DOING SO WOULD STILL BE A COMPLICATED VENTURE.

Inflamed in the Brain • A MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS CAUSED HER BRAIN TO SWELL — AND NEARLY CLAIMED HER LIFE. SHE WOULD SOON LEARN THAT SHE WAS SUFFERING FROM A RARE CONDITION WITH GRAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR BLACK WOMEN IN THE U.S.

Facial Recognition Comes for the King of the Jungle • FROM UNLOCKING SMARTPHONES TO ORGANIZING PHOTO ALBUMS, THE TECHNOLOGY HAS DEEPLY PERMEATED THE HUMAN WORLD. LATELY, IT’S MADE ITS WAY INTO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, TOO.

Finding the Solution • A VICTORIAN LAB ASSISTANT MADE A MISTAKE. IT CHANGED MEDICINE FOREVER.

BREAKING THE INTERSPECIES BARRIER

ALTERNATIVES TO THE ALTERNATIVE

ALPHABET SOUP • SYNTHETIC DNA HAS BEEN WITH US FOR NEARLY 50 YEARS. A RECENT SURGE IN AFFORDABILITY AND BIOTECH BREAKTHROUGHS COULD SEAL ITS PLACE IN OUR FUTURE.

MIND GAMES • BRAIN-TRAINING APPS FUEL A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY, BUT SOME RESEARCHERS SAY THAT THEY DON’T IMPROVE YOUR MENTAL FUNCTIONING IN EVERYDAY LIFE. IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO TRAIN YOUR BRAIN?

EXPLORING EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONS

YOUNG BLOOD • ARE YOU READY FOR A SUPER AGE-REDUCING SUPPLEMENT, A REVOLUTIONARY, CLINICALLY PROVEN, ALL-NATURAL REMEDY GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU LOOK 20 YEARS YOUNGER AND 30 POUNDS LIGHTER — OR YOUR MONEY BACK?

ENZYME FOR EXERCISE

COGNITION AND CLUSTERIN

HOPE IN A HORMONE

UNDERSTANDING KLOTHO

Observing the Stars of Star Trek • A FUN LOOK AT SOME REAL STAR SYSTEMS THAT POPULATE THE TREK UNIVERSE: HERE’S HOW TO SEE THEM FOR YOURSELF.

UNDERWATER DRAGON