In the May 2008 Issue:
• The Chaotic Birth of Planets
• The Risks and Awards of Web-Based Research
• Winning Strategies against a Deadly Parasite
• How Even One Cigarette Can Hook the Brain
• How DNA "Switches" Control Evolution
• The Dangers of Nuclear Recycling
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• Featured articles:

• Drowning New Orleans; October 2001; by Mark Fischetti

• The Future of Stem Cells; July 2005; by Clive Cookson, John Rennie, Christine Soares, Richard Gardner, Tim Watson, Patti Waldmeir, Gary Stix

• 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense; July 2002; by John Rennie

• Misleading Math about the Earth; January 2002; by Stephen Schneider, John P. Holdren, John Bongaarts and Thomas Lovejoy. Introduction by John Rennie