November 2002

La Marmotta

As humans emerged from the Stone Age, they built little cities. The discovery in central Italy of a 7,800-year-old settlement reveals the dawning of Western civilization

by Robert Kunzig, Photography by Jennifer Tzar

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November

Departments

Bogglers Solutions

by Scott Kim

NeuroQuest

by Eric Haseltine

Bogglers

by Scott Kim

Reviews

Sky Lights

Look sharp—there's change afoot up above
by Corey S. Powell

Vital Signs

A vague, frustrating symptom gets a precise explanation
by Pamela Grim

The Biology of . . . Stuttering

The secret to smooth talking, neuroscientists say, is to not think before you speak
by William Speed Weed

Works in Progress

A new kind of movement takes the quake out of earthquake
by Karen Wright

Future Tech

Is the incandescent bulb becoming as quaint as the vacuum tube?
by Neil Savage

Letters