Natural History

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Articles in Feb 2003 issue of Natural History

• New engines of evolution
  by Peter Brown
• Naming rights: how to stake a claim in the dictionary of science
  by Neil deGrasse Tyson
• The curious energy of the void: dark energy is making the universe bigger and bigger, faster and faster
  by Donald Goldsmith
• Raw bar
  by Erin Espelie
• Flap your hands: to fly like a bat, you need flexible hand bones and stretchable skin across your fingers
  by Adam Summers
• Scaling down
  by Robert (American businessman and engineer) Anderson
• A matter of gravity
• The worm and the parasite: some tropical scourges call for a defense against an entire micro-ecosystem
  by T.V. Rajan
• AstroBulletin showcases cutting-edge research at the South Pole
• The shark has sharp turns
  by Frank E. Fish
• Genetic hoofprints: the DNA trail leading back to the origins of today's cattle has taken some surprising turns along the way
  by Daniel G. Bradley
• An interview with Ian Tattersall
• Wings and stings
• Shaken to the core: mid-continental earthquakes can be even more damaging than the ones at the boundaries of tectonic plates. The great Indian earthquake of 2001 is a benchmark for geologists seeking to understand how they happen
  by Susan Hough
• Museum events
• Heedless youth
  by Stephan Reebs
• Homing instinct
  by Jeff Fair
• Grain gain
  by Stephan Reebs
• Invasion of the gender benders: by manipulating sex and reproduction in their hosts, many parasites improve their own odds of survival and may shape the evolution of sex itself
  by John H. Werren
• Experiment of the month
  by Stephan Reebs
• Tuff crowd: formations of volcanic rock dominate a landscape in southeastern Arizona
  by Robert H. Mohlenbrock
• Three's a crowd
  by Stephan Reebs
• Tightening our Kuiper Belt: from the edge of the solar system come hints of a disrupted youth
  by Charles Liu
• Letting go
  by Stephan Reebs
• The sky in February
  by Joe Rao