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LISTENING EARS • (“Shh! Eavesdropping Animals May Be Listening,” Sep/Oct 2022)

THE LATEST NEWS AND NOTES • HOW ASTRONAUTS TRAIN • THE SCIENCE OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE• IF USAIN BOLT RACED A DINO • NOBEL -WINNING CHEMIST• BOOKS LACED WITH ARSENIC

ARE YOU ASTRONAUT MATERIAL? • RATHER THAN SUPER-GENIUSES OR SUPER-ATHLETES, NASA’S LOOKING FOR SUPER-ROOMMATES WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE GOOD SCIENTISTS.

THE SCIENCE OF CLEFT LIP AND PALATE • AROUND 1 IN 700 CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH THE BIRTH DEFECT EACH YEAR. HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW CLEFTS FORM, WHAT CAUSES THEM AND HOW THEY CAN BE REPAIRED.

Could Usain Bolt Outrun a Dilophosaurus? • A PHYSICS PROFESSOR PITS THE FASTEST HUMAN ALIVE AGAINST THE PREHISTORIC PREDATOR MADE FAMOUS BY JURASSIC PARK.

The Sugar Scientist Revolutionizing Health Care • NOBEL-PRIZE- WINNING CHEMIST CAROLYN BERTOZZI INVENTED A NEW FIELD THAT TRANSFORMED HEALTH CARE AND CANCER TREATMENT.

BEWARE THESE POISON BOOKS • TENS OF THOUSANDS OF BOOKS BOUND IN EMERALD GREEN BETWEEN THE 1840S AND 1860S ARE LACED WITH ARSENIC. A GROUP OF CONSERVATORS IS WORKING TO TRACK THEM DOWN.

Not-So-Mellow Yellow • HIS SICKLY SKIN COLOR, POOR APPETITE AND SIGNIFICANT WEIGHT LOSS ALL SCREAMED PANCREATIC CANCER. WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?

The Invisible Biome • SOUTH AMERICA’S LARGEST SAVANNA, LYING IN THE SHADOW OF THE AMAZON RAINFOREST, IS AN UNEXPECTED RESERVOIR OF BIODIVERSITY.

Beyond ECOTOURISM • A CONSERVATION-MINDED LOOK AT TREADING LIGHTLY — AND RESPONSIBLY — IN SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST MESMERIZING, VULNERABLE PLACES.

THE GREAT BARRIER REEF • The world’s most extensive coral reef system, located in Australia, needs little introduction. But it could use a biological miracle to return to its glory days as a thriving ecosystem.

FIREFLY SPECTACLE • Shortly before dusk, the hazy June air wafting through Great Smoky Mountains National Park runs thick with anticipation.

CENOTES OF MEXICO’S YUCATÁN PENINSULA • For millennia, Mexico’s freshwater cenotes sustained the lives and rituals of ancient Maya civilizations long before Spanish colonization.

MAPPING THE MULTIVERSE • THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL IDEA IN PHYSICS HAS LEAPT FROM NICHE ACADEMIC CIRCLES TO HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS — BUT PHYSICISTS ARE STILL FIGHTING ABOUT IT.

THE MULTIPLE MULTIVERSES

THE MULTIVERSE ON SCREEN

A TASTE FOR WASTE • WITH CHALLENGES TO THE GLOBAL FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN MOUNTING, THE BLACK SOLDIER FLY’S INSATIABLE APPETITE AND NUTRITIOUS POTENTIAL HAS SCIENTISTS BUZZING.

STOMACHING BUGS

SPACE AGING • Microgravity deteriorates the body in surprisingly familiar ways. Space travel is now informing health research for earthbound seniors and astronauts alike.

A Cure-All’s Comeback • WITH INGREDIENTS RANGING FROM ACCEPTED HERBAL TREATMENTS TO BURNT VIPER’S FLESH, L’ORVIETAN WAS THE 17TH-CENTURY REMEDY OF CHOICE FOR COMMONERS AND KINGS.

WHEN CHARLATAN WASN’T A BAD WORD

New Life From an Old Rock • HOW A HUMBLE METEORITE REDEFINED THE FUTURE OF ASTROBIOLOGY.

QUAKING CLONE