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"It looks like the end of the world here": In Burma, hundreds of thousands are without food, water or shelter in the wake of the cyclone, but the military junta prioritizes its grip on power.; By Jürgen Kremb May 7, 2008
Life, death and spring: April in the Sierra foothills is the cruelest month -- and the most beautiful.; By Gary Kamiya Apr 22, 2008
The man who loved money: Witness the sentimental education of an Information Age Everyman -- and his salvation -- in Lydia Millet's beautiful new novel.; By Laura Miller Feb 4, 2008
For the birds?: While bird-watching is more popular than ever, competitive "listers" may not see how birds live, or that their habitat is disappearing.; By Meera Subramanian Nov 16, 2007
The family that backpacks together: My grandfather started hiking in the Sierra 70 years ago. It's a tradition that keeps our clan together -- and lets indifferent nature caress our souls.; By Gary Kamiya Aug 21, 2007
King Kaufman's Sports Daily: First sign of fall: A Michael Strahan-New York Giants controversy. Science journal Nature on performance-enhancing drugs: Legalize 'em!; Aug 2, 2007
Science publishers get stupid: How's this for doublespeak: "Public access equals government censorship"?; Andrew Leonard Jan 25, 2007
Taking the pulse of "Pulse": A Big Book on science, technology and nature joins the blogosphere.; Andrew Leonard Apr 13, 2006
The culture war over Katrina: Right-wingers point to blacks looting and see a Hobbesian war of all against all. Liberals see a failure of civilization to help the poorest among us.; By Alan Wolfe Sep 3, 2005
Force of nature: In "Where Mountains Are Nameless," fearless adventurer Jonathan Waterman makes a passionate, personal case for preserving the Arctic Wildlife Refuge -- and the polar bears and caribous that call it home.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Aug 2, 2005
Do today's kids have "nature-deficit disorder"?: A new book argues that children desperately need to be able to play in the woods -- and that our culture's sterile rejection of nature is harming them in body and soul.; by Sarah Karnasiewicz Jun 2, 2005
When aliens attack: Should we battle invasive species of plants and animals? Maybe. But in his provocative new book, "Out of Eden," Alan Burdick argues that we are only doing so for ourselves.; By Andrew O'Hehir May 27, 2005
Big trouble in the world of "Big Physics": Six months ago, Jan Hendrik Schön seemed like a slam dunk nominee for a Nobel prize. Then some of his colleagues started to take a closer look at his research.; By Leonard Cassuto Sep 16, 2002
Penthouse becomes Treehouse!: Venerable stroke book offers high-gloss hand candy for tree huggers.; By Jennifer Foote Sweeney Mar 15, 2001
Smoking the great outdoors: With the Marlboro Man leading the way, our wilderness is being tamed, once and for all.; By Tom Washington Feb 6, 2001
Going upstream: It was lovemaking with the landscape.; By Roland Wall Apr 25, 2000
Sleeping with the enemy: While I'm planning security for the IMF demonstrations, my husband is getting thrown in jail. He better not ask me for bail.; By Lisa Guide Apr 24, 2000
No bottle feeders, no spankers: Attachment parents stick to their guns.; By Amy Brill Mar 31, 2000
Fools for science: Does nature make men brutes and women sluts?; By Laura Miller Jan 21, 2000
Blue Glow: Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2000; By Joyce Millman Jan 4, 2000
Hair today, hair tomorrow: I say, if your head looks bad, put something on it.; By Cary Tennis Nov 12, 1999
Artist's little helper: Fred Tomaselli's work offers the experience of taking drugs in the safest possible way -- through the eyes.; By Susan Emerling Oct 29, 1999
Where the wild things are: Where the wild things are: An archaeologist explores the Galapagos on an expedition run by school kids.; By John Fox Mar 16, 1999
Wide-eyed in Galapagos: Award-winning writer Barry Lopez explores the mind-widening wonders and gut-wrenching terrors of an extraordinary land.; By Barry Lopez Jun 25, 1998
The heart of the matter: Researchers have discovered what romantics have long suspected: that chaos and love are the same, and they're both good for the heart.; By Geoff Shandler Feb 13, 1998

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