Dear subscribers, As I write this, we’re still digging out from the snowfall and extreme cold temperatures that hit NYC and much of the eastern U.S. last weekend. I admit it's kind of cool to look out the windows of our office and see ice clogging up New York Harbor, although it doesn’t make up for the depressing realization that the storm was likely supercharged by climate change. Despite the weather, we managed to publish the February issue of the magazine, and I’ve been really pleased with the response to our cover story about the science of consciousness. One highlight has been seeing the comments in the brand-new discussions tool that we’ve been testing out on our website. The conversation posing the question “Will we ever understand the nature of consciousness?” has a lot of fascinating insights from our readers. So once you’ve checked out the links below to some of my favorite stories of the past two weeks, I hope you’ll take some time to browse our current discussions and share your own thoughts. Intelligent, interesting comments on the Internet? It could only happen at SciAm! Chase wonder and catch truth, David
