"NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC"
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Macaws, winged rainbows : Deep in the Peruvian Amazone these largest of parrots gather to eat riverbank clay. Why they do so is one of the many questions explored in this first detailed study of macaws in the wild 23 pages
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New eyes on the Universe : With revolutionary telescopes and a fleet of spaceborne instruments, scientists are seeing farther, and more clearly, into the universe. Now they struggle to make sense of this extraordinary information (short story of the universe, guide to the Milky Way, Hubble’s view from orbit, the sky of hidden colors 38 pages
Great floood of ‘93 : When water rampaged through the upper Mississippi River basin last summer, it left both broken levees and broken hearts, stirring up a century-old debate on U.S. flood-control policy 40 pages
Riding out the worst times: A native son returns to flood-ravaged Des Moines, Iowa, and finds its virtues of grit, good humor, and neighborly generosity holding fast 6 pages
Kyushu : Japan’s southernmost main island sheds its backwater image as it lures research labs and high-tech factories – and claims its share of the pacific Rim boom 30 pages
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Vol.185 n°1 January 1994 Macaws, winged rainbows/ Great flood of '93/ New eyes on the Universe/ Kyushu: Japan's southern gateway
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