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Articles in June, 2009 issue of Natural History

• The natural moment: angling without an angle
  by Erin Espelie
• Muscle bound
  by Robert Anderson
• Beauty before brains
• Fireproofing for a flame
  by Stephan Reebs
• Special-occasion dress
  by Stephan Reebs
• Going steady
  by Rebecca Kessler
• Botanic mechanics
  by Stephan Reebs
• Detour on the silk road
  by Harvey Leifert
• Mum's the word
  by Stephan Reebs
• Aphid sandbag brigade
  by Stephan Reebs
• Dust up
  by Harvey Leifert
• The good, the bad, and the oily: finding beauty in an unlikely place: cholesterol
  by Druin Burch
• The day we found the universe: January 1, 1925: Edwin Hubble's close observation of the Cepheids revealed that our galaxy is not alone
  by Marcia Bartusiak
• Splendid isolation: South America was an island for millions of years, fostering an evolutionary explosion of unique mammal species
  by John J. Flynn
• Talon hunt: updated by modern-day economics and science, the "sport of kings" retains its ancient fascination
  by Rebecca Kessler
• Linguistic dinosaurs
  by Vittorio Maestro
• Misaligned by power lines
  by Stephan Reebs
• Science en masse: modern astronomy proceeds with telescopes, computers—and lots of eyeballs
  by Charles Liu
• Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Opening Goliath: Banger and Discovery in Caving
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionized Ocean Science
  by Laurence A. Marschall
• A is for Akeley and apes
  by Richard Milner
• Goblins on the march: Utah does the hoodoo very well
  by Richard L. Orndorff; Robert W. Wieder; David G. Futey
• Skylog
  by Joe Rao
• Journey to Mecca
• Identification day
• At the museum: American Museum of Natural History
• Uncharted territory: Lang and Chapin's historic Congo expedition
• Sweetness and mites
  by Diana Sammataro