Natural History

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Articles in Feb 2003 issue of Natural History

• New engines of evolution - Up Front - Column
  by Peter Brown
• Naming rights: how to stake a claim in the dictionary of science - Universe - Islam's role
  by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The curious energy of the void: dark energy is making the universe bigger and bigger, faster and faster. - The Extravagant Universe: Exploring Stars, Dark Energy and the Accelerating Cosmos - book review
  by Donald Goldsmith
• Raw bar - The Natural Moment - polar bears - Brief Article
  by Erin Espelie
• Flap your hands: to fly like a bat, you need flexible hand bones and stretchable skin across your fingers - Biomechanics
  by Adam Summers
• Scaling down - nature.net - San Francisco Explatorium's web site about solar system
  by Robert Anderson
• A matter of gravity - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• The worm and the parasite: some tropical scourges call for a defense against an entire micro-ecosystem - Findings - lymphatic filariasis
  by T.V. Rajan
• AstroBulletin showcases cutting-edge research at the South Pole - At The Museum
• The shark has sharp turns - Letters - Letter to the Editor
  by Frank E. Fish
• Genetic hoofprints: the DNA trail leading back to the origins of today's cattle has taken some surprising turns along the way
  by Daniel G. Bradley
• An interview with Ian Tattersall - At The Museum - The First Europeans: Treasures from the Hills of Atapuerca; American Museum of Natural History, New York - Interview
• Wings and stings - Letters - Letter to the Editor
• Shaken to the core: mid-continental earthquakes can be even more damaging than the ones at the boundaries of tectonic plates. The great Indian earthquake of 2001 is a benchmark for geologists seeking to understand how they happen - Buhj
  by Susan Hough
• Museum events
• Heedless youth - Samplings - adolescent mice
  by Stephan Reebs
• Homing instinct - Endpaper - bald eagles return - Column
  by Jeff Fair
• Grain gain - Samplings - rice and methane - Brief Article
  by Stephan Reebs
• Invasion of the gender benders: by manipulating sex and reproduction in their hosts, many parasites improve their own odds of survival and may shape the evolution of sex itself - microorganisms that change sex of host
  by John H. Werren
• Experiment of the month - Samplings - leatherback sea turtles
  by Stephan Reebs
• Tuff crowd: formations of volcanic rock dominate a landscape in southeastern Arizona - This Land - Chiricahua National Monument - Column
  by Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Three's a crowd - Samplings - red crossbills, squirrels, conifer seeds
  by Stephan Reebs
• Tightening our Kuiper Belt: from the edge of the solar system come hints of a disrupted youth - Out There
  by Charles Liu
• Letting go - Samplings - autotomy: detaching a part of the anatomy - Brief Article
  by Stephan Reebs
• The sky in February
  by Joe Rao