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Current Issue

Rendering of a blue cloud with an arrow on it

02 | 2024: April: CS, Math, Stats Edition

Cloud computing, quantum computing, orcas, updates, events and more.

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Orca swimming in ocean

02 | 2024: April

Wildlife, sharks, healthcare, updates, events and more.

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Two profs smiling while looking at a computer screen in a lab

01 | 2024: January: CHEM Edition

Clean energy, art, global fisheries, updates, events and more

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Creepy AI generated woman smiling while holding a mud pie in her hands.

01 | 2024: January: CS Edition

ChatGPT, clean energy, machine learning, updates, events and more.

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A cute little hummingbird with a red head and green body sits inquisitively on a perch in front of a green screen.

01 | 2024: January

Hummingbirds, clean energy, orcas, updates, events and more.

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Past Issue

A close up of a variety of mushrooms

05 | 2023: November: BIO, ZOO, BOT, IOF Edition

Mushrooms, penguins, sex and gender, updates, events and more.

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AI generated image of a tabby cat with a white chest sitting by a paper back. A little uncanny.

05 | 2023: November

Visual AI, microbes, asteroids, updates, events and more.

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A rendering of space with galaxy in view.

04 | 2023: September: PHAS Edition

Saturn's moons, 2D materials, cosmic clocks, updates, events and more.

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Close-up image of a star in space

04 | 2023: September: MATH, STAT and CS Edition

Language detection tools, AI, data, updates, events and more.

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A closeup of a pair of tweezers holding cartilage. A woman's face is in the background.

04 | 2023: September: CHEM Edition

Cartilage regeneration, toxic drugs, 2D materials, updates, events and more.

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arctic streams with permafrost thawing

04 | 2023: September

Saturn's moons, arctic rivers, cartilage regeneration, updates, events and more.

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a yellow seahorse

03 | 2023: May

Science Rendezvous, seahorses, cosmic probes, updates, events and more.

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CHIME probes

03 | 2023: May: MATH, STAT and CS Edition

Machine learning, cosmic probes, volcanoes, updates, events and more.

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archaeology site

02 | 2023: March

Climate change, paleolithic tools, updates, events and more.

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two orcas leaping out of the ocean

01 | 2023: January: CHEM Edition

Sea sponges, toxic toilet paper, updates, events and more.

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Water hemp

01 | 2023: January

Microbes, orcas, wild plants, updates, events and more.

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