OUTLOOK:
Goodbye, Gweilo
Looking at the media in Hong Kong offers insights into the political transition.

RESEARCH RESOURCES:
Tunnel Tour
The Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel is in as good shape as when it opened, and in its 48th year is probably as productive as it's ever been.

ENCYCLOPEDIA
Seeing the Invisible
Photographs taken with the Full-Scale Schlieren System show the path of heat and smoke in common household situations.

Workin' on the Railroad
A train ride is more than a train: it's a ride through landscape and history

Greener Greens and Fairer Fairways
NIRS (near infrared reflectance spectroscopy) might soon make golf courses healthier -- and greener.

Urban Girls Look Ahead
For many urban girls, teen pregnancy is seen in a positive light. Getting childbirth out of the way is a priority in order to move on.

Bug-Free Gene
Sticky spikes grow on some varieties of the unassuming garden geranium to keep pesky insects at bay. Penn State researchers have cloned the gene responsible.

News: Recent reports from Penn State's newswire

COVER STORY
Living With the Forest: A report from the eastern Amazon
Can modern humans coexist with the world's largest rainforest? Penn State ecologist Chris Uhl believes they can, and at the research center Uhl founded near the mouth of the Amazon, the next generation of Brazilians scientists is breaking boundaries to show that conservation pays. Writer David Pacchioli reports from the state of Pará.

Nooks and Crannies
Imagine teams of architects moving through spaces on their knees, trying to see the world from a child's perspective. The world was not designed for kids, notes Jawaid Haider, but it doesn't have to be such a poor fit.

Conquest of the Mind
In the last half-century, Ladi Semali's hometown on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro went from self-sufficiency to total dependence on outsiders for food, clothing, and shelter. The culprit? Schools: "Chagga subjugation," states education professor Semali, "is a result of the long process of colonial schools deconstructing Chagga traditions."