Science, May 8, 2009

The Famine Fighter's Last Battle
More than a
half-century after the research that helped spark the green revolution,
Norman Borlaug is again fighting a devastating fungus that threatens
wheat around the world.

A Deeply Scarred Land
Rock and mudslides in Sichuan
have buried vast forested areas, ruined farmland, and disrupted the
habitats of pandas and golden monkeys; the recovery will take decades.

One Year After a Devastating Cyclone, a Bitter Harvest
Myanmar
weathered Cyclone Nargis better than expected, but the global financial
crisis has jeopardized the country's fragile food security.
Going the Distance to Uncover The Roots of Trade in the Near East
Archaeologists
are revealing the "invisible exports" of the world's first
civilizations: textiles, silk, and stone shipped to ordinary people
rather than elites.

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