National Geographic February 2007

CONDITION – Good,  clean pages, reading wear

FEATURES

·        Healing the Heart – As heart disease reaches epidemic proportions worldwide, researchers are moving away form the old “clogged-pipes” model to search for triggers lurking in our genes.  By Jennifer Kahn    Photographs by Robert Clark

·        Desolate Majesty – Straddling Texas and Mexico, the Big Bend region is high in biodiversity and low in footprints. It’s a place so untamed that if something doesn’t bite, stick, or sting, it’s probably a rock. By Joe Nick Patoski   Photographs by Jack W Dykinga

·        Curse of the Black Gold – The Niger Delta holds some of the world’s richest oil deposits, yet Nigerians living there are poorer than ever, violence is rampant, and the land and water are fouled. What went wrong?  By Tom O’Neill   Photographs by Ed Kashi

·        Hawaii’s Unearthly Worms – Lowly marine worms ply shallow shores, ocean deeps, and just about everywhere in between. Off the Hawaiian Islands, they assume spectacular forms. By Jennifer S Holland   Photographs y Darlyne a Murawski

·        Forests of the Tide – At the intersection of land and sea, mangrove forests support a wealth of life, from starfish to people, and may be more important to the health of the planet than we ever realized. By Kennedy Warne   Photographs by Tim Laman

COVER – The intricacies of a human heart are revealed at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. Photo by Robert Clark

DEPARTMENTS

·        Visions of Earth

o   Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

o   Binche, Belgium

o   Los Angeles, California

·        Culture – Carnival

·        Geography  -- American Singles

·        Wildlife – Monkey Talk

·        Expeditions – Mongolia’s Deer Stones

·        Family of Man – Street Food

·        Where in the World? – Mosquito Coast

·        Voices – Francis Collins

MISCELLANY

·        Editor’s Note

·        Letters

·        Your Shot

·        Photo Journal

·        How to Help

·        Inside Geographic

·        Flashback

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