This is the third-annual volume of The Best American Science and Nature Writing, and contains articles by several NASW members. These include, "Ripe for Controversy," by Robert Kunzig, European editor of Discover; Steve Mirsky, science writer at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, contributed "Dumb, Dumb, Duh, Dumb" from Scientific American; Dennis Overbye is represented by "How Islam Won, and Lost, the Lead in Science," from The New York Times; and Karen White, a New Hampshire freelancer contributed "Very Dark Energy" from Discover.