1990 January – June

The Enigma of Time
While most of us are obsessed with keeping track of it, scholars debate what time actually is. John Boslough and photographer Bruce Dale tell the story of a concept that we think we understand until we try to define it.
Siberia: In from the Cold
Like a warming wind, glasnost - - openness - - sweeps across the Soviet Union's vast outback, and Siberians in unprecedented numbers speak out against the misuse of their rich storehouse of natural resources. From journalists to reindeer herders to loca
The Gulag Remembered
From 1928 to 1953 Joseph Stalin sent millions to Soviet labor camps, where millions perished. Mike Edwards describes the brutal system, known by its Russian acronym gulag, and speaks to survivors.
Last Days of the Gulag?
As the Soviets dismantle their notorious correctional labor camps and open their prison system to greater scrutiny by the world, French writer Jean- Pierre Vaudon and photographer Pierre Perrin visit Perm 35, a camp in the Ural Mountains.
America's Ancient Skywatchers
Strange drawings on a desert floor, oddly aligned stone columns, a peculiar trough carved beneath a small window. .. what do they mean? John B. Carlson, a specialist who weds archaeology to astronomy, looks to the cosmos for answers to some age- old puzz
The Golden Hoard of Bactria
After a decade of excavating on Afghan hillsides, Soviet archaeologist Viktor Ivanovich Sarianidi in 1978 unearthed a trove of gold jewelry and other artifacts buried in 2, 000- year- old graves. Here he presents a selection of these masterpieces. With p

Greenways: Paths to the Future
A grass- roots movement to thread the U. S. with greenways for walkers, bikers, and wildlife is one answer to a growing problem: How to keep our increasingly urbanized population connected with the natural world. By Noel Grove, with photographs by Phil S
The Moche of Ancient Peru { Master Craftsmen and Their Work; Masterworks of Art Reveal a Remarkable Pre- Inca World}
Who were the Moche, these builders of pyramids and irrigation canals, these metal craftsmen and potters of surpassing artistry? Archaeologist Christopher B. Donnan examines these ancient Americans and their achievements. With photographs by Nathan Benn;
The Moche of Ancient Peru { Echoes of Peru's Past; Modern- day Echoes of Peru's Past; Enduring Echoes of Peru's Past}
Along Peru's northern coast Michael E. Long and Nathan Benn discover the past and the present intermingled in activities from curing ceremonies to boatbuilding.
The Moche of Ancient Peru { New Moche Tomb: Royal Splendor in Peru; New Royal Tomb Unearthed; New Tomb of Royal Splendor}
A mud- brick pyramid complex in northern Peru has yielded another astonishing find of gold and silver buried with a Moche lord nearly 2, 000 years ago. Project director Walter Alva and photographer Nathan Benn record the trove of priceless artifacts.
Photographing the World's Smallest Bird { The World's Smallest Bird}
Weighing less than a penny, the bee hummingbird of Cuba is easily mistaken for its namesake insect. Esther and Robert Tyrrell photograph this threatened species for the first time.
Dominica, Difficult Paradise { Dominica}
The most mountainous of Caribbean islands harbors one of the world's last oceanic rain forests. Yet the wet climate and rocky shores have hindered the flow of tourists - - and money - - to this impoverished nation, report Robert Booth and photographer B
Austin: Deep in the Heart of Texans
Texas- raised Elizabeth A. Moize returns to the capital of the Lone Star State to learn why most Austinites - - despite their city's recent economic slump - - would live nowhere else on earth. Photographs by Michael O' Brien.