Fairy-wrens, wasps, and a nearly 3,000 year old big toe
Readers Respond to the February 2011 Issue
Photographer A.F. Van Order captured the thrills and spills of board-track motorcycle racing in the 1910s
The Natural History Museum's orchid expert talks about the beloved flowers
Sorting through old canvases in a storeroom, a Yale curator discovered a painting believed to be by the Spanish master
The magic of Velázquez has influenced artists from his contemporaries to Manet and Picasso
If the internet is dumbing us down, how come I've never felt smarter?
And an opportunity for re-examination
The biographer and author of a new book discusses what new there is to learn about the ancient Greek philosopher
Momentous or Merely Memorable
The first Union officer killed in the Civil War was a friend of President Lincoln's
As Israeli archaeologists recover artifacts from the religious site, ancient history inflames modern-day political tensions
Nearly a century of discord between North and South finally exploded in April 1861 with the bombardment of Fort Sumter
Returning to his native Ohio, author Charles Michener marvels at the city’s ability to reinvent itself
What is it about this tiny, sun-drenched island off the coast of Naples that has made it so irresistible for so long?
That skeleton in your elementary science classroom may soon be obsolete
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