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THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES • REAL ALCHEMY • EXPLODING CRATERS • SEEKING GIANT SQUIDS

TURNING LEAD INTO GOLD • THE ALCHEMISTS’ GOAL OF NUCLEAR TRANSMUTATION HAS BEEN ACHIEVED, BUT NOT IN THE WAY THEY THOUGHT.

Inside Siberia’s Exploding Craters • CLIMATE CHANGE IS A LIKELY CULPRIT, BUT SCIENTISTS ARE STILL DETERMINING THE REASON FOR THE FROZEN TUNDRA’S MYSTERIOUS PHENOMENA.

Stalking Giants • SCIENTISTS USED A DEEP-SEA CAMERA TO CAPTURE FOOTAGE OF AN ELUSIVE GIANT SQUID. THE CLIP PROVIDES MORE SUPPORT THAT THE ANIMALS ACTIVELY HUNT THEIR PREY.

Danger in Paradise • AN IDYLLIC LIFE ON A HAWAIIAN ISLAND BECAME A LIVING HELL FOR ONE MAN AS AN UNSEEN ENEMY RAVAGED HIS BODY.

Hope for Holograms • INTERACTIVE 3D PROJECTIONS, LIKE THOSE IN STAR WARS, MIGHT SEEM LIKE PURE MOVIE MAGIC, BUT RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO MAKE THEM A REALITY.

CATCHING WIND • THE FIRST MAJOR OFFSHORE WIND PROJECT IN THE U.S. IS FINALLY UNDERWAY, WITH MANY OTHERS ON THE HORIZON. WHAT TOOK SO LONG?

THE BASICS OF OFFSHORE WIND

LIVING WITH FIRE • TWO YEARS AFTER AUSTRALIA’S CATASTROPHIC BLACK SUMMER, THE COUNTRY IS STILL RECOVERING — AND TRYING TO COMPREHEND THE DEADLY FORCE OF WILDFIRE IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

LEARNING FROM ABORIGINAL FIRE PRACTICES

GLOBAL SMOKE SIGNALS • While locked-down Australian researchers were restricted to lab work, scientists around the world dissected the Black Summer megafires for data to harvest and study.

FIRE-FUELED STORM CLOUDS

CLIMATE CHAINED • As rising seawaters lap at their feet, citizens of the island nation of Tuvalu are experimenting with digital nationhood to preserve their identity and independence.

AHEAD OF THE STORM • Emergency specialist Rohini Sampoornam Swaminathan uses evolving mapping and remote-sensing technology to see risks like storms before they happen — an increasingly vital mission amid the climate crisis.

HOW THE WORLD PREPARES FOR THE WORST

Tracing Back Brains • RESEARCHERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE GROWING BRAINLIKE ORGANS IN LABS TO DECODE THE MODERN HUMAN MIND’S MYSTERIOUS EVOLUTION.

Healing With Touch • IT’S UNCLEAR IF BIOFIELD MANIPULATION, OR “SUBTLE ENERGY,” SOOTHED MY CHILD. BUT AFTER ONE SESSION, WE BOTH FELT BETTER.

A LUNAR MYSTERY