Contents Robofly A fledgling journalist on deadline either has the mother of all science news stories or something else entirely.
Scientists hasten to predict and prepare for a monster wave threatening California's coast.
When sea lions started dying in Monterey Bay, scientists raced to discover the cause. The hated hypodermic may soon be replaced by a painless microscopic needle on a silicon chip. By Kathleen Wong Illustrated by Anya Illes Echoes from the Past A maverick linguist has devised a new way to scope out what our ancestors were up to 50,000 years ago. An aerospace engineer has designed an airplane that could fly at ten times the speed of sound by skipping off the top of the atmosphere. Twister A child psychologist plays with words to explore how we learn language.