Summer Sports Issue

Features

Wolves in a Dogfight

By Anne Pinckard
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Passing the Baton

It’s not their mom and dad’s NCAA. By Michael Taylor
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Athletes as Aesthetes

And vice versa By Leah Garchik
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Good News Bears?

There are more questions than answers about the Blue and Gold’s upcoming season, which isn’t to say it will be a bad one. By Matt Margolin
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The Modified Man

Today’s athletes look perfect. What if they could be perfect? By Carl T. Hall
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Planet of the Hominids

In Ethiopia, Timothy White and his colleagues have found some of our nearest relatives, and powerful evidence that we all come from Africa. By Jeffrey Klein
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Praxis

A Scanner Smartly

Researchers are learning how to “read” your visual cortex. By Kara Platoni
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Don’t Walk, Run!

When marked crosswalks send pedestrians the wrong signal. By Anne Pinckard
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Going for Broke

Why we risk more when we lose By Anne Pinckard
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Tracking a Killer

On the trail of Sudden Oak Death By Maianna Voge
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Dirt Simple

The surprising health benefits of floors By Maianna Voge
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Terrible Lizards, Better Birds

How birds are helping scientists understand dinosaurs By Erik Vance
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Show

Ambassador of Style

Youssou N’Dour continues to introduce new rhythms to world music. By Andrew Gilbert
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Go

Jungle metropolis

Manaus, Brazil, is Sodom to some, but one exile to its banks finds a beguiling mix of European elegance and tropical funk. By Kenneth Brower
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Choosing to be Chosen

Religious leaders gather to challenge notions of “Who is a Jew?” By Don Lattin
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Sather Gate

Maz Jobrani

Wisecracks in the war on terror. By Lygia Navarro
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