The state of the universe.

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• Rot in Peace Putting old buildings and settlements to rest.
  Dec. 5, 2005
  
• Theory of Anything? Physicist Lawrence Krauss turns on his own.
  Paul Boutin Nov. 23, 2005
  
• The Birth of Soft Torture CIA interrogation techniques—a history.
  Nov. 16, 2005
  
• Monk-y Brains The Dalai Lama phones it in.
  Daniel Engber Nov. 15, 2005
  
• Swimming for Cancer The tadpole test.
  Paul Boutin Oct. 28, 2005
  
• The Katrina Science Test Hint: The answer isn't global warming.
  Sept. 12, 2005
  
• Lions and Cheetahs and Elephants, Oh My! Let them run wild. In North America.
  Aug. 18, 2005
  
• Ernst Haeckel Evolution's controversial artist.
  Amanda Schaffer Aug. 18, 2005
  
• Elemental Is it time to revamp the periodic table?
  July 19, 2005