Natural History
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Articles in July-August 2004 issue of Natural History
- Here's mud in your eye
by Gary Noel Ross - Andromeda strain?
by Daniel J. Pisano, III - Come on in, the water's fine
by Erin Espelie - Museum events: American Museum of Natural History
- A most dangerous game
by Wendy Orent - Science and politics
by Charles Zimmerman - Amendment
- Caustic comfort
by Aimee Cunningham - Birds of a feather …
- The best of all possible worlds: the anthropic approach to cosmology asks, what makes the universe compatible with intelligent life? Was it just the luck of the draw?
by Donald Goldsmith - Raising mountains
by David Forest - As the whirl turns
by T.J. Kelleher - Delta delights: glacial meltwater, tides, winds, and waves conspire to mold an Alaskan coastline
by Robert H. Mohlenbrock - C[O.sub.2]: still guilty as charged
by Stephan Reebs - Stuffed
by Stephan Reebs - Young Naturalist Awards 2004: a research-based essay contest for students in grades 7-12 to promote participation and communication in science
- Olympian sites
by Robert Anderson - Trading floor
by Stephan Reebs - The first Garfield
by Stephan Reebs - Twinkle, twinkle, microlens: in trying to probe the dark matter surrounding, the Milky Way, astronomers have confirmed the identity of a nearby gravitational lens
by Charles Liu - Dad's not lost: but his steadfast refusal to ask for directionsdespite the jokesneed not be explained as an evolutionary trait of the human male
by Deborah M. Gordon - Work incentive
by Stephan Reebs - The sky in July and August
by Joe Rao - Locust: the Devastating Rise and Mysterious Disappearance of the Insect that Shaped the American Frontier
by Laurence A. Marschall - Risk and reward
by Stephan Reebs - Our Affair with El Nino
by Laurence A. Marschall - Knockout punch: a boxer who could jab like a mantis shrimp could win every match with a single blow
by Adam Summers - Egyptian riddles
by Susan Addelston - Walden Pond: a History
by Laurence A. Marschall - The whole world is watching
by Peter Brown - Home alone
by Winifred C. Chin - Animal magnetism
by Paul D. Neuwald - Venomous lizards of the desert: studies of Gila monsters and beaded lizards have uncovered an array of surprising characteristics, from odd fighting rituals, to extreme energy efficiency, to a venom useful in treating diabetes
by Daniel D. Beck - Vagabonds in space: asteroids, comets, and moons, oh my!
by Neil deGrasse Tyson