Fossil watch
Geoscientist Susan Kidwell finds decades of environmental history written in the remnants of dead seashells.Susan Kidwell likes to say that her whole career—mostly spent on the faculty of Chicago’s geophysical-sciences department—has been one long digression.
Cabaret comeback
Philip Bohlman’s musical journey over the past two decades has taken him to Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, and the Middle East.Next Generation
See the heartbeat
Cardiologist Roberto Lang watches a video that shows, in moving detail, the mitral valve of a potential surgical patient.Citations
A song in their heads
Young finches practice songs in their sleep.Original Source