Natural History

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Articles in April 2003 issue of Natural History

• Misting in action
  by W.D. Benton
• New Brunswick: from breathtaking views to spectacular natural sites and preserved sanctuaries, there's a world of wonder waiting for you next door in new Brunswick, Canada!
• Warp factor: a spinning dwarf may have twisted our galaxy's disk
  by Charles Liu
• Reading the tree leaves
• Throwing yourself into it: were the weights held by Greek long jumpers a help or a hindrance?
  by Adam Summers
• The sky in April
  by Joe Rao
• Erratum
• An interview with Melanie Stiassny
• Incredible journey II
  by Stephan Reebs
• Date with extinction: for a thousand years before people settled in New Zealand, a small alien predator may have been undermining the islands' seabird populations
  by Laura Sessions
• Starry Nights hits the airwaves
• Museum events
• Your place or mine?
  by Stephan Reebs
• Arctic covenant: in the springtime the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge of Alaska comes to life
  by Vittorio Maestro
• Multitasking
  by Stephan Reebs
• Happy Birthday, DNA! Return with us now to those thrilling days of discovery, fifty years ago this month
  by Everett I. Mendelsohn
• So fleeting a spring
  by Erin Espelie
• Eau de danger
  by Stephan Reebs
• Among Stone Giants: The Life of Katherine Routledge and Her Remarkable Expedition to Easter Island
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Life on ice
  by Peter Brown
• Reaching for the stars: instead of counting smart bombs, perhaps we should count smart scientists
  by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• Tycho & Kepler: The Unlikely Partnership That Forever Changed Our Understanding of the Heavens
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Foresight and hindsight
• Smokechasing
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Oil to burn?
  by Robert (American businessman and engineer) Anderson
• Family ties
• Fin tuning
  by Scott M. Gende