What Came Before DNA?
Scientists may soon reveal how life began on Earth—by creating a primordial organism in the lab
by Carl Zimmer
Dogs of Rarotonga
On a remote Pacific island, the local strays look a lot like their earliest ancestors. Domestication, they show, has its share of evolutionary side effects
Cracking The Da Vinci Code
The secret behind this best seller has nothing to do with religion and everything to do with numbers
Black Holes Made Here
(Deliveries begin in 2007)
Bzzzzzzzz
Why insects are vital to human survival
Greenmark
On a tiny island off the Danish coast, life after oil is working out just fine
Useless Body Parts
What do we need sinuses for, anyway?