The Best American Science And Nature Writing 2006In his introduction to The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2006, Brian Greene writes that \"science needs to be recognized for what it is: the ultimate in adventure stories.\" The twenty five pieces in this year's collection take you on just such an adventure. Natalie Angier probes the origins of language, Paul Raffaele describes a remote Amazonian tribe untouched by the modern world, and Frans B. M. de Waal explains what a new breed of

Four influential women we thought we knew well—Jane Jacobs

Disability Awareness: An eye-opening account of life with cerebral palsy that brings readers into Aaron's world

There he meets Amanda Yoder and her daughter Regina who soon are warming his heart

Out of the 100 million women—almost 11 million in the United States alone—who are on the pill

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Alexa realizes she’s fallen for a façade she can’t escape—until sexy

–Rugby World

Becoming immortal wasn't supposed to be the easy part

Billy Martin and Gaylord Perry

a glory-seeking musketeer

Detective Goodhew begins to realize that this web of tragedy is not woven by coincidence

What’s the harm