Controversial Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, Who Chronicled the Lives of the Yanomamö, Has Died
The embattled researcher answers a book’s charges that he incited and exaggerated the violence of the Yanomamö in this profile from 2001
Volume 284, Issue 3
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Features
Sculpting the Earth from Inside Out
Powerful motions deep inside the planet do not merely shove fragments of the rocky shell horizontally around the globe–they also lift and lower entire continents
If Humans Were Built to Last
PERSON DESIGNED FOR A HEALTHY OLD AGE might possess the features highlighted here, along with countless other external and internal adjustments.
Evolution: A Lizard's Tale
On some islands in the Caribbean, evolution seems to have taken the same turn-- over and over and over again
The Geography of Poverty and Wealth
Tropical climate and lack of access to sea rade have hurt the poorest nations. But new aid programs can point the way to prosperity
A Sharper View of the Stars
A new generation of optical interferometers is letting astronomers study stars in 100 times finer detail than is possible with the Hubble Space Telescope
Making Sense of Taste
How do cells on the tongue register the sensations of sweet, salty, sour and bitter? Scientists are finding out and discovering how the brain interprets these signals as various tastes