March 2008

Has the Einstein Revolution Gone Too Far?

Einstein ended science's devotion to experience; it may now be time to come back.

by Richard Panek

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March

Departments

Viennese Orchestra Uses Instruments Made of Produce

Carrot recorders, pumpkin harps, leek violins, cucumberphones...
by Josie Glausiusz

Eating Paper in Search of Missing Nutrients

Sometimes the body makes a bad diagnosis, too.
by H. Lee Kagan

The Extinct Human Species That Was Smarter Than Us

The superintelligent Boskops had small, childlike faces and huge melon heads.
by Jane Bosveld

On the Nightstand: Biologist George Schaller

Protect the Future of Ice Cream... by Eating Ice Cream

Häagen-Dazs pitches in to protect the honeybee.
by Stephen Cass

Book Excerpt: "Natural Acts: A Sidelong View of Science and Nature"

Keeping Up With The Picards

The director of Jumper on putting teleportation on-screen.
by Jessica Ruvinsky

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Relativity

Galileo invented it, Einstein understood it, and Eddington saw it.
by Susan Kruglinski

George Schaller's Grand Plan to Save the Marco Polo Sheep

"Obviously humans are evolution’s greatest mistake," says the conservationist.
by Marion Long, Photography by Doron Gild