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Popular Science

Fall 2020
Magazine

This is the most exciting time to be alive in history. Discovery and innovation are reshaping the world around us, and Popular Science makes even the most complex ideas entertaining and accessible. We deliver the future now.

Methods, not madness

Contributors

Where we've 'found' Atlantis

Visions in the night

How life began

Alien art?

The unknown parts of our solar system

How do we track a contagion we know nothing about?

Is hand-washing really a panacea?

Will diseases always outsmart us? • When you’ve been publishing for a century and a half, some off-base ideas are going to creep into your pages. We’re diving into the archives to give you a fresher take on “popular science.”

Explain the immune system like I'm 5

How do animals fit into the viral puzzle?

Why does patient zero matter?

Can we cook up vaccines any quicker?

How do we prep for the next pandemic?

Tongue twister

Enigma machines • THE RUBIK’S CUBE GETS ALL THE ATTENTION, BUT THE COLORFUL TOY ISN’T THE ONLY BAFFLING MECHANICAL PUZZLE OUT THERE. HERE, YOU CAN FIND THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CHALLENGE TO MATCH YOUR SOLVING SKILLS.

They're called illusions • YOU DON’T NEED TO MAKE LADY LIBERTY DISAPPEAR TO PULL OFF A KILLER MAGIC SHOW. THESE GIMMICKS ARE READY TO GO RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, BUT PRACTICE WILL MAKE THEM TRULY IMPRESSIVE.

Into the depths • PROFESSIONAL CAVING MEANS ENTERING A WORLD MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY WELL-TROD TOURIST CAVERN. THIS BURLY GEAR WILL KEEP YOU SAFE AS YOU VENTURE INTO THE DARK.

Night watch

The bright stuff • WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH DARKNESS, YOUR PHONE’S WIMPY FLASHLIGHT JUST WON’T CUT IT. THE REAL DEAL WILL LAST LONGER AND SHINE BRIGHTER.

Chamber of secrets • Our latest shot at spying dark matter—and thus revealing the makeup ofthe universe—sits nearly a mile underground

Monster, myth…megalodon • The notion of the megalodon continues to captivate humans. Could this giant, ancient shark still lurk on the ocean floor?

The God mod • PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS CAN HELP EASE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND ADDICTION. BUT WHY ARE THOSE RESULTS EVEN BETTER WHEN TRIP TAKERS HAVE A SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER?

Inside the ultimate bee sting • one man has a plan to get bandits to buzz off

Where the sun don't shine • DANK. TOMB-LIKE. UNCIVILIZED. CAVES GET A BAD RAP, BUT SCIENTISTS AND EXPLORERS ARE PLUNGING DEEPER TO LEARN THE TRUE NATURE OF THESE INKY, ROCKY CAVERNS.

Why we see ghosts

Clearing the air • A new generation of satellites can sniff out unidentified methaneemitters, adding a sharper tool against climate change.

E.T., please phone our home • SOFIA SHEIKH, PHD CANDIDATE IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROBIOLOGY AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Hidden pictures • SILVIA A. CENTENO, RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK

If these stones could walk • RICHARD NORRIS, PROFESSOR OF PALEOBIOLOGY AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

My illustrations really go viral • ALISSA ECKERT, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR AT THE CENTERSFOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

The secrets at the tip of your tongue • JESSICA MARK WELCH, ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST AT THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY IN WOODS HOLE

Weather is hard • BRETT ROSSIO, METEOROLOGIST AT ACCUWEATHER

Purrr speculation • CARLO SIRACUSA, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Yes, people can taste names and hear colors

Does free will exist?

Try to spot all the masks in this picture • YOU PROBABLY OVERLOOK THINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY

Why sports fans cling to superstitions

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Frequency: One time Pages: 116 Publisher: Camden Media Inc. Edition: Fall 2020

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  • Release date: September 21, 2020

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This is the most exciting time to be alive in history. Discovery and innovation are reshaping the world around us, and Popular Science makes even the most complex ideas entertaining and accessible. We deliver the future now.

Methods, not madness

Contributors

Where we've 'found' Atlantis

Visions in the night

How life began

Alien art?

The unknown parts of our solar system

How do we track a contagion we know nothing about?

Is hand-washing really a panacea?

Will diseases always outsmart us? • When you’ve been publishing for a century and a half, some off-base ideas are going to creep into your pages. We’re diving into the archives to give you a fresher take on “popular science.”

Explain the immune system like I'm 5

How do animals fit into the viral puzzle?

Why does patient zero matter?

Can we cook up vaccines any quicker?

How do we prep for the next pandemic?

Tongue twister

Enigma machines • THE RUBIK’S CUBE GETS ALL THE ATTENTION, BUT THE COLORFUL TOY ISN’T THE ONLY BAFFLING MECHANICAL PUZZLE OUT THERE. HERE, YOU CAN FIND THE RIGHT LEVEL OF CHALLENGE TO MATCH YOUR SOLVING SKILLS.

They're called illusions • YOU DON’T NEED TO MAKE LADY LIBERTY DISAPPEAR TO PULL OFF A KILLER MAGIC SHOW. THESE GIMMICKS ARE READY TO GO RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX, BUT PRACTICE WILL MAKE THEM TRULY IMPRESSIVE.

Into the depths • PROFESSIONAL CAVING MEANS ENTERING A WORLD MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY WELL-TROD TOURIST CAVERN. THIS BURLY GEAR WILL KEEP YOU SAFE AS YOU VENTURE INTO THE DARK.

Night watch

The bright stuff • WHEN YOU REALLY NEED TO NAVIGATE THROUGH DARKNESS, YOUR PHONE’S WIMPY FLASHLIGHT JUST WON’T CUT IT. THE REAL DEAL WILL LAST LONGER AND SHINE BRIGHTER.

Chamber of secrets • Our latest shot at spying dark matter—and thus revealing the makeup ofthe universe—sits nearly a mile underground

Monster, myth…megalodon • The notion of the megalodon continues to captivate humans. Could this giant, ancient shark still lurk on the ocean floor?

The God mod • PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS CAN HELP EASE DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND ADDICTION. BUT WHY ARE THOSE RESULTS EVEN BETTER WHEN TRIP TAKERS HAVE A SPIRITUAL ENCOUNTER?

Inside the ultimate bee sting • one man has a plan to get bandits to buzz off

Where the sun don't shine • DANK. TOMB-LIKE. UNCIVILIZED. CAVES GET A BAD RAP, BUT SCIENTISTS AND EXPLORERS ARE PLUNGING DEEPER TO LEARN THE TRUE NATURE OF THESE INKY, ROCKY CAVERNS.

Why we see ghosts

Clearing the air • A new generation of satellites can sniff out unidentified methaneemitters, adding a sharper tool against climate change.

E.T., please phone our home • SOFIA SHEIKH, PHD CANDIDATE IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROBIOLOGY AT PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Hidden pictures • SILVIA A. CENTENO, RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK

If these stones could walk • RICHARD NORRIS, PROFESSOR OF PALEOBIOLOGY AT SCRIPPS INSTITUTION OF OCEANOGRAPHY

My illustrations really go viral • ALISSA ECKERT, SCIENTIFIC AND MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR AT THE CENTERSFOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

The secrets at the tip of your tongue • JESSICA MARK WELCH, ASSOCIATE SCIENTIST AT THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY IN WOODS HOLE

Weather is hard • BRETT ROSSIO, METEOROLOGIST AT ACCUWEATHER

Purrr speculation • CARLO SIRACUSA, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

Yes, people can taste names and hear colors

Does free will exist?

Try to spot all the masks in this picture • YOU PROBABLY OVERLOOK THINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU EVERY SINGLE DAY

Why sports fans cling to superstitions

Solution...


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