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  1. Earth

    Global Vineyard

    Recognizing that continued climate change may leave some renowned grape-growing regions too hot or too dry to support vineyards, growers may turn to new technology and techniques to produce consistently better fruit.

    By Sid Perkins
  2. Anthropology

    Out on a Limb

    The science of body development may make kindling out of evolutionary trees.

    By Bruce Bower
  3. Math

    A Measure of Beauty

    In the 1930s, mathematician G.D. Birkhoff proposed a formula for computing aesthetic value.

    By Ivars Peterson
  4. Humans

    From the May 19, 1934, issue

    Preparing for a stratospheric ascent, the great dust storm of 1934, and the invention of the electron microscope.