Down to Earth

Anthropologist Amber VanDerwarker is unraveling the mysteries of the ancient Olmec by figuring out what they ate
October 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

How to Make a Dodo

Biologist Beth Shapiro has figured out a recipe for success in the field of ancient DNA research
October 2007 | By Andrew Curry

Signs of Life

Astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger analyzes light from distant stars for evidence we're not alone
October 2007 | By Charles Seife

Shell Fame

Paleobiologist Aaron O'Dea has made his name by sweating the small stuff
October 2007 | By Laura Helmuth

Dogged

Primatologist Brian Hare investigates the social behavior of chimpanzees and bonobos in Africa. But dogs and foxes showed him the way
October 2007 | By Virginia Morell

Rock of Ages

Where did the world's highest mountains come from? Geologist Elizabeth Catlos takes a new view
October 2007 | By J. Madeleine Nash

FOR HIRE: Volcanologist

Richard Fiske discusses his groundbreaking work
September 27, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

Richard Lerner

The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"
September 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Chronicling the Ice

Long before global warming became a cause célà¨bre, Lonnie Thompson was extracting climate secrets from ancient glaciers. He finds the problem is even more profound than you might have thought
July 2007 | By J. Madeleine Nash

Organization Man

Carl Linnaeus, born 300 years ago, brought order to nature's blooming, buzzing confusion
May 2007 | By Kennedy Warne

Maria Zuber

On the surprise evidence of flowing water on Mars
February 2007 | By Laura Helmuth

Ahead in the Clouds

Susan Solomon helped patch the ozone hole. Now, as a leader of a major United Nations report—out this month—she's going after global warming
February 2007 | By Virginia Morell

Interview: Margaret Lowman

Bugs in trees and kids in labs get their due in a new book by "Canopy Meg"
December 2006 | By Marian Smith Holmes

Song and Dance Man

Growing up in a gritty urban neighborhood, Erich Jarvis dreamed of becoming a ballet star. Now the scientist's studies of how birds learn to sing are forging a new understanding of the human brain
November 2006 | By Jerry Adler

Interview: David Galenson

Pondering the nature of artistic genius, a social scientist finds that creativity has a bottom line
November 2006 | By Helen Starkweather

Neanderthal Man

Svante Paabo has probed the DNA of Egyptian mummies and extinct animals. Now he hopes to learn more about what makes us tick by decoding the DNA of our evolutionary cousins.
October 2006 | By Steve Olson

Neil Shubin, Paleontologist, University of Chicago

The "missing link?" At least a step in a new direction
June 2006 | By Laura Helmuth

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

A Nobel laureate holds forth on flies, genes and women in science.
June 2006 | By Amy Crawford

Copernicus Unearthed

Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of the 16th century astronomer who revolutionized our view of the universe
May 2006 | By Andrew Curry

The Evolution of Charles Darwin

A creationist when he visited the Galápagos Islands, the great naturalist grasped the full significance of the unique wildlife he found there only well after he had returned to London
December 2005 | By Frank J. Sulloway

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