Smithsonian Magazine: April 2010
Features
Probing the Biggest Mystery in the Universe
Astronomers are going to the ends of the earth to study "dark energy," a force greater than gravity that will determine the fate of the cosmos
By Richard Panek
All-American Monsters
Long before dinosaurs were discovered, mammoths and mastodons gave the young United States a symbol of national might
By Richard Conniff
Return to Indonesia
A reporter who saw the nation go up in flames now finds it has a new hold on prosperity
By David Lamb
Saving the Silkies
In Madagascar, an American researcher leads the effort to protect one of the world's rarest mammals, a lemur called the silky sifaka
By Erica R. Hendry
Glimpses of the Lost World
Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas offers a rare look into a fabled civilization
By Jeremy Kahn
The Best Bull Ever?
Texas cattle breeder Donnell Brown hit the jackpot with a Red Angus named Revelation. Then his luck changed
By Jeanne Marie Laskas
Departments
Indelible Images
On the Waterfront
Baltimore photographer A. Aubrey Bodine captured the dignity of work in painterly tones
By Abigail Tucker
Wild Things
Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Feathered dinosaurs, white-coated horses, giant redwoods and more...
By Amanda Bensen, T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Erica R. Hendry and Sarah Zielinski
Digs
Ireland's Forgotten Sons
In Pennsylvania, amateur archaeologists have discovered the date of immigrant railroad workers who disappeared nearly two centuries ago
By Abigail Tucker
Around the Mall
Hue and Cries
In 1851, Levi Hill claimed he invented color photography. Was he a genius or a fraud?
By Amanda Bensen
The Object at Hand
Dressed for Success
Apollo 13 Flight Director Gene Kranz's homemade vest would become a fitting symbol
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Q&A: Jane Lubchenco
The marine ecologist and administrator of the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration discusses restoring the bounty of the world's oceans
By Erica R. Hendry
Presence of Mind
Unusual Suspect
Why did Lewis Carroll's reputation undergo such a dramatic reversal?
By Jenny Woolf
