Beyond Pluto
We are only beginning to discover how vast and strange our solar system truly is
by Kathy A. Svitil, Illustrations by Don Foley
Bring Back the Buddha
Archaeologists plot a recovery from the Taliban's cultural vandalism
This Is Your Ancestor
When microbiologist Mitchell Sogin decided to trace human evolution to its roots, he had no idea he might find sponges
Hypnosis Works
The power of trance can no longer be disputed, a psychiatrist at Stanford University says. Now we just have to use it
The Chemistry of Fish
Legendary food scholar Harold McGee rocks us again