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...Darwin's wake won't transform every child into a genius, but it may arouse a lifelong passion to understand the natural world. And the 10-day Quito and Galapagos Islands Cruise, with lecturers from WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY, WELLESLEY COLLEGE and MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL, is designed to awaken the scientist that lurks in everyone. The journey (cost: $3,150 to $5,950; call 800-221-1944 for more information) begins July 31 with three days in Quito, where travelers eat lunch in a restaurant built on the edge of a volcanic crater, straddle the equator at the Middle...
Each approached the issue from a different perspective--scholar, journalist and scientist--but agreed on the fundamental basis...
...winner 31. Campaign-button slogan of the '70s 34. The Depression and others 35. Bush's wasn't very high 36. Shakespeare title word 37. One of the DiMaggios 38. With 1-Down, television bride 40. Kidnapped monogram 41. Grammy-winning rapper 43. Rene of silents 45. A Berkeley scientist has figured a way to make hydrogen fuel from these 46. He's running on the Green ticket 47. Betamax introducer 48. Straw in the wind...
...find out how these so-called primitives made this soil," reckons Van Roosmalen, "we can use it as an alternative to destructive slash-and-burn agriculture." Unfortunately, since the river tribes that knew the secret were all wiped out by European raiding parties 500 years ago, the scientist must start from scratch...
...Roosmalen, 53, nearly squeaked back, with amazement. An expert primatologist, he was staring at an unknown genus of pygmy marmoset. It was a remarkable discovery; the last time any scientist had identified a new primate genus was in the late 19th century. Trouble was, the Indian knew only that the marmoset had been trapped somewhere near the Madeira River, a 2,000-mile stretch of water flowing into the Amazon from the Bolivian Andes. This clue propelled Van Roosmalen on an epic, nine-month odyssey in which he found far more than the elusive marmosets...