Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World
These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them
Volume 324, Issue 6
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Features
Are We Doing Enough to Protect Earth from Asteroids?
Scientists lost one of their best tools with the demise of the Arecibo telescope
The World’s Northernmost Town Is Changing Dramatically
Climate change is bringing tourism and tension to Longyearbyen on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard
Brood X Cicadas Are Emerging at Last
The Great Eastern Brood has been underground for 17 years. Here’s what the insects have been up to down there
These Alternative Economies Are Inspirations for a Sustainable World
Making peace with the biosphere will require building communities and relationships that are focused on protecting life—human and nonhuman
Electrodes That Stimulate the Brain Reveal the Roots of Conscious Experience
Applying electric currents reveals the function of varying brain regions and helps to alleviate neurological disorders
Bacteria in 100-Million-Year-Old Seafloor Sediment Have Been Resuscitated
Could bacteria be effectively immortal?
Departments
Advances
New Process Helps Unscramble Dinosaur Boneyard Chaos
De-Ratting Rat Island Brought Silent Ecosystem Back to Life
Some Deep-Sea Bacteria Are So Strange, Our Immune Sensors Miss Them
In Case You Missed It
New Technique Grows Realistic Bone in a Dish
Navigating a Virtual World Helped Older Adults' Memory
How Slime Molds Remember Where They Ate
Methane Power Could Come from Lakes and Reservoirs
New Radioactivity Measurement Could Boost Precision of Dark Matter Experiments
Century-Old Textiles Woven from Fascinating Fungus
Female Botanist Published the First Ever Photo Book
Policy
Do People Who Enjoy Science Have a High Tolerance for Disturbing Ideas?
Readers Respond to the February 2021 Issue
It's Wrong to Target Asian-American Scientists for Espionage Prosecution
The Reason Some Republicans Mistrust Science: Their Leaders Tell Them To
Public Health
Some Pandemic Health Habits Deserve to Stay
Fixing Medical Devices That Are Biased against Race or Gender
Culture
Poem: 'Turing and the Apple'
A Teenager with Autism Protects the Planet, a Tale of Love and Science, and Other New Books
50, 100 & 150 Years Ago: June 2021
Space & Physics