Description

The 154-page July 2007 issue of this magazine is available and as always, it does not disappoint. The topics covered by this magazine are as appropriate today as they were when it was published. The cover story is titled: Raging Malaria - The rapidly spreading disease affects more people than ever before. But until recently, the outcry has been muted. Other featured articles include: Who Iced the Iceman? - Scientists have poked, prodded, and x-rayed the 5,000-year-old mummy found in the Alps. They now think he was murdered. Birds Gone Wild - New Guinea's birds of paradise have the campiest costumes-and the craziest mating game- in the feathered kingdom. Logging Jam - Lumber mills still harvest old-growth trees in Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Conservationists are fighting to stop the saws. The Genius of Swarms - A single ant or bee isn't smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots. Other Departments Include: VISIONS OF EARTH - Guangxi Zhuangzu, China, Monterey, California, and Doha, Qatar ENVIRONMENT - Bottled Water Backwash WILDLIFE - Europe Bird Ban ARCHAEOLOGY - Oldest Gunshot Victim SCIENCE - Growing a New Chicken Wing WHERE IN THE WORLD? Tanzania's Lake Natron CULTURE - Coca Leaf Goes Commercial Editor's Note Letters Your Shot Photo Journal How To Help Inside Geographic Flashback On the Cover - Malaria carrier, a live Anopheles stephensi mosquito looms large in a color-synthesizing scanning electron microscope. This magazine has been read but is in fantastic shape. If you were to purchase a back issue through the National Geographic Society, it would cost $7.00 with U.S. delivery. I have a number of back issues of National Geographic from various years. If you are looking for a specific issue, please let me know. I supply shipping discounts to multiple purchases. Due to changes in USPS policy and a recent postage rate increase, I have had to raise my shipping costs.