Body Snatchers
The exhibit is riveting, but critics wonder where these cadavers came from
by Yasmine Mohseni
Schweitzer's Dangerous Discovery
When this shy paleontologist found soft, fresh-looking tissue inside a T.rex femur, she erased a line between past and present. Then all hell broke loose
The 2% Difference
Now that scientists have decoded the chimpanzee genome, we know that 98 percent of our DNA is the same. So how can we be so different?
Who's Your Daddy?
Don't count on DNA testing to tell you.
How to Win the World Memory Championship
Some contestants can recall the order of a deck of cards after looking at it for 60 seconds. Learn their tricks.
Anything Into Oil
Turkey guts, junked car parts, and even raw sewage go in one end of this plant, and black gold comes out the other end.
Inside the Restoration of the Amirya Madrassa
The grandeur beneath the rubble was obvious—'impeccable, perfect materials and perfect proportions'