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GEOGRAPHIC
JANUARY 2010 · VOL . 217 . NO. 1
A Better Life With Bionics
34 The blind can see, a one-armed woman can fold her shirts.
By Josh Fischman Photographs by Mark
Thiessen
Sublime Scottish Islands
54 Some call the Hebrides bleak. They're not paying attention.
By Lynne Warren Photographs by Jim Richardson
Asia's Wildlife Trade
78 Demand for pets and medicines drives illegal trafficking.
By aryan Christy Photographs by Mark Leong
Restless Spirits 108 In modern-day China, the dead still make demands.
By Peter Hessler Photographs by Ira Block
Befr iending Nemo 120 Clownfish captivate moviegoers, scientists-and anemones.
By
James
Prosek Photographs by David
Doubiler
The Singapore Solution 132
The
"minister mentor" wields a big carrot and a big stick.
By
Mark
Jacobson Photographs by David McLain
Clownfish can't flourish without a host anemone, whose stinging
tentacles keep predators away. Story on page 120.
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DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Note 4
Letters 8
Your Shot 12
Visions of Ea rth 14 ...._
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CONSERVATION
Backing Big Cats
The NGS Big Cats Initiative aims to keep top
felines from sliding toward extinction.
SPAce
Wanted: Moon Rocks .................................... ...
NASA has a cache. Samples are sold on
eBay. Then there's the black market.
HEALTH
The Cost of Care
Which count ry leads the world in health
care spending per person?
TECHNOLOGY
........................................... Mummies Bare All
Lady Hor was really a sir. That's one of many
surprises from high-tech scans.
ENVIRONMENT
Quashing Kudzu
The vine covers eight million U.S. acres-and
counting. A killer fungus aims to take
it
down.
THE BIG IDEA
------------------------ Hitting Viruses Where They Live 30
A radical new strategy could outwit
the wily, ever mutating parasites.
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