págs. 8-8
The Road to Ancient Helike: A Museum astronomer's scientific journey started with earthquakes and led to a significant archaeological discovery in Greece.
págs. 14-16
Autumn's Deep Rut: Constant competition among bull elks ensures that only the best traits are passed on to the next generation-but the system exacts an unseen toll.
págs. 22-24
Piedmont Perspectives: From bottomland to ridges along Virginia's Swift Creek.
págs. 26-27
What's in a Name: Deciding what to call our heavenly neighbors proves no simple task.
págs. 28-30
págs. 30-30
Tales of a Feathered Tail: Soon after birds branched off from dinosaurs and gained the power of flight, some may have branched off again as land-bound runners. Why do some people a problem with that?.
págs. 32-42
Dangerous Curves: For some snakes, being flexible is a matter of life and death, and swallowing.
Carl Zimmer, Sally J. Bensusen (il.)
págs. 50-51
When Lions Ruled France: At Chauvet Cave, 32,000-year-old painting tell of extinct big cats and the artists with whom they shared their domain.
págs. 52-57
Land of the Walking Marriage: For the Mosuo of China, it's a woman's world.
págs. 58-65
Hidden choices of females: Females may have a chance to be picky about their mates even after the sperm are on their way to meet the egg.
págs. 66-71
Stealth Moms: For treeshrews in the forests of Borneo, a good mother is an absent mother.
págs. 72-78
págs. 79-79
The Search for LUCA: Did the Last Universal Common Ancestor look like a bacterium-or like one of your own cells?.
págs. 82-85
Many Hands Stirring Many Pots: Short on recipes but long on learning, a vast history of food caters to every taste. Almost.
págs. 86-87
págs. 88-88
On Earth Aas in the Heavens: When it comes to physics, the law is the law.
págs. 90-92
págs. 94-95
Slip Sliding Away: Is the remarkable evolutionary history of snakes reaching a premature denouement?.
págs. 96-96
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