8 Beyond the Chalkboard
Interactive learning may be a cure for ailing test scores

10 Whose Smog Is it, Anyway?
Tracking air pollution in one of the world's largest megacities

12 It's All Relative
DNA fingerprinting identifies family members—for better and for worse

14 Taking It All In
Berkeley researchers study how the brain combines information from multiple senses

16 (Meta)material World
A new class of materials promises to give scientists even greater control over Nature

17 Legos of Life
Berkeley students compete to build a better bacterium

18 Another One Sights the Dust
Searching for specks of cosmic dust from the comfort of home