Education The Eight of 2008 The best of Miller-McCune magazine's first year of publication, as chosen by Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin. John Mecklin
Economics Memorable Stories of 2008 A host of meaningful stories from Miller-McCune.com's first full year on the Web. Michael Todd
Environment Core of the Problem The National Ice Core Laboratory tries to answer one question: As the Earth warms, will sea levels rise three feet? Or 30? Or even more? Michael Haederle
Environment Did Termites Help Flood New Orleans? An expert says they didn't cause New Orleans floodwalls to collapse. But they may have undermined levees. Matt Palmquist
Environment Protect a Levee, Protect the World A method of buttressing California's aging levees shows promise for capturing carbon dioxide. Joan Melcher
Social Justice Health Food to the ‘Hood Can government incentives bring something besides fast food to South L.A.? Tom Jacobs
Environment The Environmental Pyramid A respected geochemical engineer proposes a new way to deal with toxic waste: Make it into shrines that people can work, shop and even live on. Matt Palmquist
Environment Unhappy Halloween: Bats In Grave Danger Bees do it. Frogs do it. And now scientists fear bats may be the next die-off victims. David Richardson
Environment A New Leaf: Making Paper From Weeds An invasive ecological bad guy may be able to paper over his evil ways and absorb some carbon as well. Lisa Conti
Economics Mother Nature’s Sum Scientists are working to put economic value on the natural world, hoping to create ecosystem-services markets that protect the environment. But are they really just putting out a contract on Mother Nature? Matt Jenkins