Our special combined July/August issue focuses on science in many forms, including behind the scenes with "Darwin Awards" creator Wendy Northcutt, astronomer Alan Boss on extraterrestrial life, Prof. Paul R. Ehrlich on "The Dominant Animal," researcher Mary Roach on sex, David Bisno on Darwin's captain, and Alexander Rose and Laura Welcher on saving dying languages. Also, Dr. Gloria Duffy on North Korea and Iran, Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir, and how California prisons dilute prison gangs.