Articles

To Save a Falcon

An American biologist treks the steppes and the Gobi to rescue a Mongolian raptor that’s in deep trouble

February 1999

A Social Divide Written in Stone

Archaeological research at Cliff Palace resumes after 80 years. Surprises are the order of the day

February 1999

View from the Cockpit

It’s a fast and furious time in science and technology, and a man who knows promises only more of the same

February 1999

The Colors of Childhood

Crayola crayons take us all back with their fondly remembered look, scent and feel on paper

November 1999

Dosso Dossi

After four centuries a Renaissance artist is brought to light

January 1, 1999

Review of ‘The Victorian Internet: The Remarkable Story of the Telegraph and the Nineteenth Century’s On-Line Pioneers’

January 1999

Review of ‘The Great Hill Stations of Asia’

January 1999

Let’s Get Dale to Play!

January 1, 1999

The Changing Face of Stone Mountain

In the shadow of a towering Confederate memorial — and a difficult history — a small Georgia town looks to the future

January 1, 1999

Crash, Slam, Boom!

The demolition derby is an American institution— or something like that

January 1, 1999

Who Are Those Guys?

January 1, 1999

Picturing Pocahontas

An image at the National Portrait Gallery may be the truest account we have of the Indian princess

January 1999

Casting a High-Tech Net for Space Trash

A cloud of spacecraft parts and debris envelops the earth. Keeping track of it takes the best we have

January 1, 1999

When Monkeys Move to Town

Loitering on sidewalks and begging at shops, macaques are familiar, but not always welcome, sights in cities across Asia

January 1, 1999

An “Odd Fish” Who Swam Against the Tide

The pioneering naturalist Constantine Rafinesque did just about everything, and he always did it his way

January 1, 1999

Expanding a Mission

The National Museum of Natural History aims to become a hub for science education

January 1999

Salt of the Earth

We can’t live without it. Salt runs through our language, our history, and our veins

January 1999

Ailing? Just Add Cells

Now we can grow the cells from which all others derive, but ethical questions are involved

January 1, 1999

Trailing the Big Cats

For a walk on the wild side, follow the tracks of a tiger or look at a lion close up at the National Zoo

January 1999

The Age of Edo

A new exhibition illuminates one of the richest eras in the history of Japanese art

December 1, 1998