
Speaking for the Animals
A veterinarian analyzes the turf battles that have transformed the animal laboratory
Madhusree Mukerjee was a senior editor at Scientific American, where she covered psychology, anthropology, and diverse other topics. She has authored two nonfiction books: Churchill’s Secret War (Basic Books, 2010) and The Land of Naked People (Houghton-Mifflin, 2003). She has a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Chicago and received a Guggenheim fellowship to complete her first book. She has written numerous articles on Indigenous issues, development, and colonialism and is working on a third book.

Speaking for the Animals
A veterinarian analyzes the turf battles that have transformed the animal laboratory

A Transparent Enigma
Low-functioning autistics are not supposed to joke, write or creatively express a rich inner life. But then there's Tito Mukhopadhyay

Circles for Space
German "Stonehenge" marks oldest observatory

Boxed Out
Science loses as the U.S. tightens visa rules

Greenhouse Suits
Litigation becomes a tool against global warming

Greenhouse Suits
Litigation becomes a tool against global warming

Superabsorbers

A Little Big Bang
A new collider will soon create matter as dense and hot as in the early universe

OUT OF AFRICA, INTO ASIA
Controversial DNA studies link Asian hunter-gatherers to African pygmies

The Population Slide
Fertility in some poor countries is taking a nosedive

Stalking the Wild Dugong
An undersea elephant remains elusive

Undressing the Emperor
Physicist and Social Text prankster Alan Sokal fires another salvo at thinkers in the humanities

Brookhaven Brouhaha
The laboratory tries to recover from the public-relations fallout of radioactive leaks and chemical dumping

Slaying the Age Paradox
Is the universe now old enough for its stars?

Girth of a Star
X-ray oscillations help to estimate a neutron star's radius

A Whistle-Blower' s Wars

Medical Mismatch
When hospitals act like men

Bee Blight
Looking for alternatives to the troubled honeybee

Trends in Animal Research
Increased concern for animals, among scientists as well as the public, is changing the ways in which animals are used for research and safety testing

Prize Mistake
The n-body problem is solved—too late

Suburban Amber

Hard to Melt
Ice cubes that take the heat

Science with Brass
Unusual movements from tiny metal balls

Fish Fight
A struggle over resources in Indian waters comes to a boil