National Geographic September 2009

Plugging Into the Sun

The race is on to grab enough rays to power the planet.
Graphic: Can solar save us?

Raising Penguins

In one colony 100,000 parents peck to protect.

Shattered Somalia

Can the world’s number one failed state reverse its course?

Sneaky Orchids

They lure insects with trickery and the promise of sex.

Before New York

If you think the city’s wild now, you should’ve seen it in 1609.