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JAIPUR A CELEBRATION OF COLOR

FROM the EDITOR

IN FOCUS • JUST IN FROM OUR PHOTOGRAPHERS

PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE CAN HELP SAVE HERS

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HOW TO RETRIEVE 55 TONS OF DINOSAUR BONES FROM THE SAHARA DESERT • Millions of years ago, what’s now North Africa was a lush landscape teeming with an incredible variety of life. To reveal more about the mysteries of this lost age, paleontologist Paul Sereno mounted perhaps the boldest dinosaur hunt ever attempted.

A FORMIDABLE FOSSIL QUEST • Paleontologist Paul Sereno’s latest foray into the desert of central Niger covered hundreds of miles on sandtrack “roads.” The expedition found his team facing extreme heat, logistical puzzles, and security risks while working to retrieve a remarkable number of fossils.

MAPPING DINOS IN THE DESERT • For decades, the standard means of documenting a dig site required patient field drawing and laborious measurement. Now photogrammetry can accomplish in minutes what otherwise takes days (and in 3D).

At WORK With the GUERRILLA BALLOONISTS of SOUTH KOREA • Inside a covert operation to launch enormous balloons carrying pantyhose and nature films at North Korea

Can Forensic Science Stop the Illegal Wildlife Trade? • Novel technologies and fresh crime-fighting techniques are transforming the battle against trafficking, one gorilla handprint at a time.

The World’s OLDEST COLOR PHOTOS Are Still Developing • More than a century after the invention of autochromes, the revolutionary pictures are now decaying—and revealing a new kind of beauty.

The WORLD’S Most INDOMITABLE DUCK • The Madagascar pochard was thought to be extinct, until one local biologist accidentally stumbled on a tiny flock in the unlikeliest of places.

THE HIDDEN WORLD OF CAVE DWELLERS • For centuries, we’ve sought shelter underground. But today this ancient way of life is under new threat. What can we learn from the last subterranean societies—before they disappear?

THE HOLDOUTS STAYING COOL AS TUNISIA HEATS UP

THE TRIBE PRESERVING A CONNECTION TO THE LAND

A HOME FOR THE HOMELESS

THE DWELLING THAT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES

The FUTURE of DATA STORAGE Is … DNA? • Eons ago, evolution invented DNA to store vast quantities of information. Now scientists think a similar technology could offer a solution to our fast-growing data storage dilemma.

How DNA Storage Works

EXTREME BIRDING AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD • How an abandoned military station in Alaska became an unlikely hot spot for seabird research—and a proving ground for the young scientists who spend their summers there

THE BURIED TREASURE THAT MIGHT HAVE CHANGED HISTORY • Two thousand years ago, the Roman Army embarked on a far-flung hunt for silver. Thanks to a persistent archaeology buff, we’re now learning how close they came to finding an empire-altering fortune.

FUNDING AN EMPIRE

EXPLORING THE FRONTIER

A NEW STORY FOR AN OLD SITE

A DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS JOB

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