Natural history

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  Año 2009, Vol. 117, Número 10 (DIC-ENE)

  • Critical masses.

    Erin Espelie, Jerry S. Merrill (fot.)

    págs. 2-4

    

  • Sticky Fingers: Fingerprints are one of the oldest biometric measures of identifiy. What do we actually know about them?.

    Olivia Judson

    págs. 16-20

    

  • The art of bones: British artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who sparked dinosaur mania in the nineteenth century, still influences how natural history museums represent prehistoric life today.

    Robert Mccracken Peck

    págs. 24-29

    

  • Dark energy crisis: A new NASA mission may shed light on dark energy, but at the const of Einstein's theory of general relativity.

    Donald Goldsmith

    págs. 30-34

    

  • Rain bird: Dispersing seeds and drawing tourists, a sought-after bird helps preserve a forest in Honduras.

    David L. Anderson

    págs. 36-39

    

  • Killer snowballs.

    Robert L. Pitman

    pág. 56