It's a scary world out there and the more we know about lethal biological agents the better we will be able to prepare for even the most unlikely terrorist attack. The list of bact …

It’s all a matter of perceptions and perspective in Muse’s mind-boggler filled with optical tricks and illusions sure to confound readers with their colorful, conflicting clues. Th …

We all love this metabolic delight, but is it a vegetable? A health food? We'll go to the Lab for Chocolate Science at MIT (aficionados' club) and a factory to learn about chocola …

Cryptography from ancient times to the Internet; linking mathematics and espionage; colorful characters from the past and present.

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Ground Zero was one of the largest crime scenes ever investigated. This issue will look at the increasing sophistication of forensic science, including toxicology; palynology; odon …

A look at this fast-paced world and the people and technology that save lives. How are ERs changing? How to stay out of the ER. Doctors as detectives when minutes count. What every …

Scientists who put it all on the line to collect data in space, in the eye of a storm, in Antarctica, at the ocean's bottom, in caves, in volcano craters, along the Congo, etc. Wha …

From fiber optics to breathtaking skywalks, glass is everywhere. Remains of Bronze Age glass factory discovered; emulsion glass, glass from space, color and shaping of glass, optic …

There’s plenty of regular stuff and even more new stuff presented in this killer issue. Crime solving techniques from eyewitness accounts to fingerprinting and DNA identification a …

How does music make sense to the ear and brain? What makes the sound of a distant trumpet beautiful? What is sound, tone, melody, harmony, rhythm, and how do we hear them? How does …

Bubbles are always captivating, colorful, and fun. But while they are entertaining they also help explain light and color, aerodynamics, chemical composition, and surface tension. …

A new technology from Changing World Technologies promises to solve our waste and energy problems, plus slow global warming by turning almost anything into high grade petroleum. Pl …

Few monuments of the ancient world hold as much wonder and romance as the pyramids of Egypt. But even more sophisticated pyramids exist elsewhere in the world. The largest in the Q …

Science and art are separated by a fuzzy line. Computer graphics helps unite these philosophies by providing scientific ways to represent natural and artificial objects. Today math …

Cities are home to half of the world's 6.6 billion people. This issue will look at the present and future of cities: traffic, architecture, sprawl, patterns and scale, crowd psycho …

In the last few years, people have become increasingly interested in the paranormal. Television capitalizes on our desire to believe in the strange - everything from alien autopsie …

A math / science-based issue focusing on how the Stock Exchange works, what the averages mean, theories and strategies, and how computers are changing the nature of investing. We'l …

Some of the world's greatest discoveries have been the result of accidents that curious scientists observed. Read about these serendipitous revelations and scientists like Charles …

A T-shirt that monitors sleep. Another that dispenses vitamin C. How about a battle uniform in development that has a computer and GPS capability, with infrared in the helmet? Soon …

Discover the close link between science and superstition in this edition that investigates the sometimes blurry line between the two. Readers will learn how a pattern of rocks laid …

This theme complements the "Tales from the Crypt" issue and focuses on the science (archaeology, oceanography, technology) and adventure of exploring shipwrecks. It will include fa …

In recent years, wildfires have roared through the Southwest, threatening homes, lives, and California's irreplaceable giant sequoias. The fires have their own dynamics and their o …