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Environmental activist Laurie David gives a state of the union on the environment. 05.16.2008

AIDS "Dissident" Seeks Redemption... and a Cure for Cancer

Biologist Peter Duesberg was all but banished from science for his views on HIV. 05.15.2008

Chimps Agree: A Bird in Hand Is Worth Two in the Bush

Chimpanzees are downright conservative when it comes to trading for better food. 05.14.2008

Movie Camera to the Stars

The Earth's fastest telescope aims to make the best sky map ever created. 05.13.2008

Wildlife Conservation 2.0

A new software-based approach may be the key to saving thousands of species. 05.12.2008

The Wonderful World of E. Coli

Carl Zimmer looks inside the dangers—and wonders—of one remarkable bacterium. 05.09.2008

One Hundred Movies on Just One Disk

Holographic digital storage will let consumers store a DVD library on a single disk. 05.08.2008

Want to Help the Environment? Eat Insects.

A group of experts endorse bugs as a nutritious and sustainable food source. 05.07.2008

Living World / Dinosaurs

57. Distinctive Dinosaur Death Throes

01.09.2008

10. T. Rex Time Machine

Iconoclast Mary Schweitzer isolates 68-million-year-old proteins and finally proves the kinship of dinosaurs and chickens.12.12.2007

Death By Cosmic Pinball

Astronomers triangulate the source of the dinosaur destroyer.12.03.2007

Found: Real-Life Version of Sesame Street's Big Bird

If, that is, Wes Craven had designed the character...09.10.2007

Some Dinos May've Survived the Cataclysm

If mammals, birds, and lizards pulled through, why not some dinosaurs?08.29.2007

Digging for Dinos In The Land Of Genghis Khan

Can a first-time dinosaur hunter make it through a dig in Mongolia?08.16.2007

Did T. Rex Taste Like Chicken?

Protein and DNA analyses cement the dinosaur-bird link.08.01.2007

Science Imitates (Comic Book) Art

Paleontologists adopt a technical term from The Far Side.06.20.2007

The Bone Collector

A world-famous fossil hunter was also a philanderer, oilman, and spy.03.27.2007

Move Over, T. Rex

Most dinos are still in the ground.12.12.2006

06.01.2002

New studies suggest that dramatic climate changes were killing off behemoths even before the asteroid impact

by Edwin Dobb, Photography by Andrew Geiger

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