Plants of Life - by Kim MacQueen

In nature, what happens when predators eat all the prey? Or, in the absence of predators, the prey gets to run amok? Remarkably, biologist have discovered that a meat-eating plant holds the same clues to such ecological puzzles that once were thought only available by studying huge ecosystems far afield.

 

Star Stuff -by Don Wood

When they were discovered in the late 1960's, some astronomers came very close to concluding they were evidence of extraterrestrial life. But pulsars—Stars that pulse invisibly radiation at a steady beat—remain enigmas to the core.

 

SOS! Save Our Science! -by Frank Stephenson

When it comes to educating young people about science, American educators face a Herculean task the likes of which have never been seen, thanks largely to a culture increasingly hostile to learning science, math—or almost anything else of value. Here's a battle plan that, after two decades, has proven it's not about fighting a lost cause.