AN article in the January issue of the National Geographic Magazine, which begins the sixty-ninth volume, records the remarkable growth of interest in the publication and its widespread circulation.

They're only 9 years old, but these girls and boys from around the world offer keen insight into how gender shapes destiny.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across ...