Natural history

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  Año 1999, Vol. 108, Número 3 (ABR)

  • The Duke of Havana.

    Tom Miller

    págs. 6-6

    

  • The Evolution of Evolution: After centuries of biological theorizing, have we yet formulated an objective science of life?.

    John Tyler Bonner

    págs. 20-21

    

  • Plates in Motion.

    Robert Anderson

    págs. 24-24

    

  • Lyell's Pillars of Wisdom: Three ancient Roman columns near Naples became the benchmarks of a new geology.

    Stephen Jay Gould

    págs. 28-34

    

  • TB Superbugs: The coming plague on all our houses: At what cost does the rest of the world ignore the growing epidemic of multidrug-resistant TB in Russian Prisons?.

    Paul Farmer, Chris Anderson (fot.)

    págs. 46-53

    

  • Cave of the Sulfur Eaters: Despite poisonous gases and passageways lined with acidic slime, a cave in sotheastern Mexico teems with life.

    Louise D. Hose, Stephen Alvarez (fot.)

    págs. 54-61

    

  • Cuba's All-Stars.

    Tom Miller, Ernesto Bazán (fot.)

    págs. 62-73

    

  • Daybreak Dancers: Pairs of sandhill cranes were springing into the air-first one partner, then the other. The vast flock appeared to seethe.

    Scott Weidensaul, Michael Forsberg (fot.)

    págs. 74-79

    

  • Rock Slide.

    Judy Rice, William Neill (fot.)

    págs. 80-81

    

  • Pleasures of the Sierra Madre.

    Robert H. Mohlenbrock

    págs. 82-84

    

  • Mars on the Move.

    Richard Panek

    págs. 85-86

    

  • The Unconquerable Tostada: Five hundred years after Cortés, Zapotec food still offers a taste of antiquity.

    Robb Walsh

    págs. 94-97

    

  • Endurance.

    Caroline Alexander

    págs. 98-100

    

  • Long Live the Weeds.

    Michael Viney

    págs. 104-104