Makes a rainy Sunday afternoon, entertaining

The current issue has made so enjoyable a gray Sunday that some items are described here. Generalizations are allowed, since the contributions of recent years show consistent quality, entertainment value and a wide selection of topics:

- An article on Research News reports on new evidence, where the crucifixion is said to have located Jesus. The detailed description of the excavations, confirm as the proximity to former gardens, let the time come to life.
- The series evolutionary history of man describes eg such as climate and vegetation fluctuations influenced human development. The next book then deals with the inventiveness and self-expression.
- Total Recall amazed with special abilities of some people to be able to fully recall all the past days.
- Particularly exciting The black hole at the beginning of time a new view of the big bang: The new concept, our universe is the result of gravitational collapse, which took place in the fourth dimension, solves some problems of previous theories. The descriptive explanations are deepened (inflation, first star) in the next stitching.
- An article describing catchy as Teutons and Romans lived together before the Varus Battle, as the Frankish leader Childeric was successful in both societies and thus for his son Clovis paved the way to establish the Frankish Merovingian dynasty.
- The mathematical conversation about picture-hanging puzzles is a former Martin Gardner par: Images with a number of nails and therefore tense cord hang and to determine whether the removal of a nail falls off the screen or not, is at first glance very theoretical and wonderfully quixotic. A closer look, the problem turns out to be mathematically challenging and even leaves open answers.
- Other topics of the 100-page edition is a remarkable example of successful treatment by gene therapy, fossils sensing via satellite, village life in Gaul and computer-simulated bacteria.