In This Issue

The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment maps the Earth’s gravitational field with previously unattained precision.

Bill Kolata discusses a 2010 paper that challenged a decades-old explanation for the evolution of “eusocial organization” in many insects.

The 16th president of SIAM, Chia-Chiao Lin died in Beijing on January 13, at the age of 96.

Alex Townsend and Lloyd N. Trefethen point out that gaussian elimination has an iterative side.

Thomas Haigh reviews Turing’s Cathedral: The Origins of the Digital Universe by George Dyson.

Mathematics Awareness Month is held each April to raise awareness of the important role mathematics plays in our lives.

A committee recently formulated recommendations for expanding the online options associated with SIAM journal papers.

Read a letter to the editor praising "And the Ig Nobel Goes to...Joseph B. Keller," which published in December.

The opportunity to host EASIAM2012 injected new momentum into applied mathematics in Taiwan.