Issue 45 / March 31, 2016

  1. Editor's Note from March 31, 2016

    Issue 45: The fun in naming, how pyrite changed the world, and why it’s fine that piratebush didn’t change much of anything. / Ted Olsen

  2. Our First Mission Isn’t Finished

    There’s plenty left to name in the sometimes silly, always vast field of taxonomy. / Rebecca Randall

  3. The Surprising Riches of Fool’s Gold

    Pyrite, the stone rejected as an imposter, is the cornerstone of the modern world. / Ted Olsen

  4. Let Us Now Praise Obscure, Useless Plants

    God and I delight in piratebush like he delights in me. / Seth Ratliff

  5. Fetal Heartbeat

    “like the wings of millions of monarchs returned” / Anya Krugovoy Silver

  6. Wonder on the Web

    Issue 45: Links to amazing stuff.