Cancer
Why There’s a Serious Cancer Drug Shortage, and How to Fix It
The recent national shortage in chemotherapy drugs points to a need to overhaul the generics market
Stories by Shi En Kim
Astronomy
Can You Decode an Alien Message?
An artist, a programmer and a scientist have created a simulation of extraterrestrial communication to test Earthlings’ ability to understand it
Extraterrestrial Life
Life Evolves. Can Attempts to Create ‘Artificial Life’ Evolve, Too?
Do efforts to create life—by cooking up imitations in computers, robots and molecules—point toward a universal definition of biology?
Plants
Giant Rotten-Smelling Parasite Flower Rafflesia Evokes Host Defenses
A host plant’s survival may depend on powerful chemicals swimming in its vines
Engineering
This Robot Can Rap—Really
Deep-learning robot Shimon writes and rhymes in real time
