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Destination Science: Hunting Dinosaurs With Jack Horner
02.06.2010 Exploring with Horner is part rugged outdoor workout, part evolutionary adventure, which helps explain why some 40 people trek to this remote part of Montana each summer to join him on his fossil hunts.
by Boonsri Dickinson
The Clever Tricks That Let Caterpillars Reach Butterflyhood
These wingless larvae outwit predators through ingenious disguises, alarming appendages, and choreographed chaos. 02.09.2010
#46: First-Ever Dinosaur Mummy Puts Flesh on the Bones
The amount of skin indicates how muscular the hadrosaur was and, consequently, how fast it could run. 02.07.2010
8 Marine Creatures that Light Up the Sea
How bioluminescence makes the ocean go round. 02.01.2010
The Intellectual Property Fight That Could Kill Millions
The hothouse environment of Indonesia is ground zero for a potential bird flu pandemic. But a fight over ownership of flu genes is blocking the efforts to track deadly infections on the move. 01.28.2010
#43: Five Big Additions to Darwin's Theory of Evolution
He had the main idea right, but in the past 150 years, scientists have filled out a lot more of the picture. 01.26.2010
#42: Scientists Watch Pathogens as They Cause Infection
New imaging techniques show viruses and bacteria in action. 01.26.2010
#41: The Freaky Fish With the See-through Head
The barreleye always looks up, through its own head, to find food. 01.26.2010
Impostors! Ten Species That Survive by Imitation
Disguises, fake sex, and eau de rotting flesh: These plants and animals use the weirdest ruses to get by. 01.26.2010
#12: Oldest Animal Fossils Uncovered
Sponges may have sprung up in special mini-ecosystems 850 million years ago. 01.25.2010
#14: Intact Tissue Found in Dinosaur
“This type of preservation isn’t supposed to be possible,” says Mary Schweitzer, the guru of finding well-preserved dinosaurs. “But here it is.” 01.25.2010
#26: Biologist J. Craig Venter
The pioneering scientist/entrepreneur on biology's next leap: digitally designed life-forms that could produce novel drugs, renewable fuels, and plentiful food for tomorrow’s world. 01.25.2010
#33: The Most Amazing New Species of the Year
The smallest snake, biggest stick insect, smallest sea horse, and a tree that kills itself by flowering. 01.25.2010
Field Notes: Meddling With Mosquito Romance in the Name of Public Healt
The duets sung by male and female mosquitoes are a critical part of their mating ritual. If researchers can master mosquito music, they may be able to abort a whole generation of disease-carriers. 01.20.2010
Big Picture: 5 Reasons Science [Hearts] Google
The company that tamed the Web is now helping researchers see the world with fresh eyes. 01.19.2010
Stunning High-Speed Photos of Birds
Photographer Andrew Zuckerman earns the title of the new Audubon with his high-definition, high-speed avian portraits. 01.19.2010
The Mating Game's Biggest Cheaters
Backstabbing is rife in the animal kingdom—especially among hermaphroditic flatworms, which literally stab each other with their penises during mating to determine who will carry the babies. 01.11.2010
Lichens: Fungi That Have Discovered Agriculture
The often misunderstood symbiote can poison wolves, break down rocks, and live for thousands of years. 01.06.2010
"Frankenfoods" That Could Feed the World
Genetically modified crops designed for industrial agriculture have given the technology a bad rap. Here are 7 transgenic plants that could help the world's hungriest and poorest people. 01.05.2010
Frankenhuman! 9 Lab Animals That Add Up to 1 Person
Taken (or stitched) together, the animals used in medical research form a kind of laboratory doppelganger for humans—similar biology, fewer moral qualms. 01.05.2010
#58: Orangutans Use Tool to Lower the Sound of Their Voices
By putting leaves between their lips, the apes apparently make themselves sound bigger and more threatening. 12.29.2009
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