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July 2007

Malaria
The rapidly spreading disease affects more people than ever before.

Iceman
Who killed the Iceman 5,000 years ago? Scientists now think he was murdered.

Birds of Paradise
They have the campiest costumes—and the craziest mating game—in the bird kingdom.

Tongass Forest
Lumber mills still harvest old-growth trees. Conservationists fight to stop the saws.

Swarm Behavior
The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans.

June 2007

Vanishing Sea Ice
Polar bears could face extinction and whales go hungry—all because of the warming Arctic.

Big Thaw
The world is losing its ice faster than anyone thought possible.

Linnaeus: Name Giver
Botanist Carl Linnaeus believed that every plant should be named and classified.

China's Boomtowns
One supercharged province cranks out instant cities for factory workers.

Arlington Cemetery
More than 300,000 Americans are buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Panama Bats
Seventy-four species of bats flourish on one small Panamanian island.

Hearts
Researchers search for heart-disease triggers lurking in our genes.

Voyage to Saturn
The Cassini probe reveals the secrets of the ringed giant.

Grand Canyon
The most iconic of American landscapes still has the power to surprise.

Paris Parks
Some 483,000 trees green the public squares, parks, and gardens of Paris.

Cosmic Explosions
Massive stars die in the biggest explosions since the big bang.

Tallgrass Prairie
The nation's last great expanse of tallgrass prairie anchors a world renewed by fire.