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4 THE NATURAL MOMENT 



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6 UP FRONT 



Editor's Notebook 



8 CONTRIBUTORS 

 10 LETTERS 



12 SAMPLINGS 



News from Nature 



17 UNIVERSE 



Shocking Truths 

 Neil deGrasse Tyson 



22 BIOMECHANICS 



By a Whisker 

 Adam Summers 



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52 THIS LAND 



Over the Hills and 

 Through the Woods 

 Robert H. Mohlenbrock 



54 BOOKSHELF 



Laurence A. Marschall 



60 nature.net 



Noble Gas 

 Robert Anderson 



61 OUT THERE 



Celestial MUSYC 

 Charles Liu 



67 THE SKY IN SEPTEMBER 



Joe Rao 



68 AT THE MUSEUM 



72 ENDPAPER 



Where the River Stops Running 

 Tim Palmer 



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