From a great and vanished African civilisation to NASA’s quest to find funnier, kinder astronauts and the mathematical formula that could save democracy—our double issue has plenty to read over Christmas. Clues to 18 special articles are on the cover https://t.co/HFiIRBPF56pic.twitter.com/V9mRUL3Ije
Did monkeys really sail the oceans on floating rafts of vegetation? Is there a grand unified theory of snowflakes? What can fragrant whale excretions tell us about ancient oceans?
AI algorithms can now churn out predictions for the 3D shapes of proteins with a precision matching that of painstaking laboratory techniques. The programs, and the blizzard of protein structures they have revealed, are Science’s 2021 #BOTY. https://t.co/zBZlWr0fispic.twitter.com/snrEsDbTH0
The Antikythera mechanism of ancient Greece is one of the most astonishing discoveries in archaeology. A new study has revealed insights into how the front gears measured astronomical time.