"Bones to Ashes," by Kathy Reichs

Bones to Ashes

An excerpt from the new book by Kathy Reichs

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Wild Things: Life As We Know It

Mammoths, Clownfish and Traveling Plants

"As a kid I pictured myself as a scientist," says Reichs. "I never anticipated writing fiction."

On the Case

Kathy Reichs, the forensic expert who helped inspire the TV show “Bones,” talks about homicides, DNA and her latest novel

How exactly was the Great Pyramid built? Inside-out, thinks architect Jean-Pierre Houdin.

Monumental Shift

Tackling an ages-old puzzle, a French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza

The native westslope cutthroat trout (named for the slash of red on its throat) is staging a comeback after decades of losing ground to its immigrant cousins in the Rocky Mountains.

Native Trout Are Returning to America’s Rivers

Native trout are returning to America’s rivers and streams, thanks to new thinking by scientists and conservationists

Two days after the killings, villagers poured in to help rangers carry bodies back to Bukima and then on to Rumangabo for burial. Here, volunteers are taking the pregnant and badly burned Mburanumwe out of the forest.

State of Emergency

The slaughter of four endangered mountain gorillas in war-ravaged Congo sparks conservationist action

Munna male

700 Species Discovered in Antarctica

Gray wolves were occupying territories throughout Idaho last year, but the overall population fell.

(Re)Call of the Wild

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World’s Strongest Paper

Cloning cell-line colonies using cloning rings

Dept. of Sarcasm: Cloning the Important Stuff

Coelophysis

Dino-Neanderthals?

This picture shows a crested gecko, Rhacodactylus ciliatus, climbing up the vertical side of a terrarium

Gecko Feet Key to New Glue

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Today’s Great Science Quote

Colorful Birds Killed First by Nuclear Discharges

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Sushi Substitute

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Shame, Shame Oman

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Global Warming Forecast

The Red Planet

It’ll Still Be Called “The Red Planet”

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Mystery trees, loggerhead turtles and Brooklyn

"We keep on talking about doing a book together," says Madeleine Nash, of working with her husband, Thomas (above, at the South Pole).

Extreme Persistence

Madeleine and Thomas Nash braved high altitudes and frigid temperatures for “Chronicling the Ice”

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