Smithsonian Magazine: January 2010
Features
The Truth About Lions
What drives the world's fiercest most dominant wild animal? American biologist Craig Packer has spent three decades in Africa finding out
By Abigail Tucker
Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Research at the ancient west bank site of Qumran may help resolve the debate about the origins of the seminal religious documents and reshape our understanding of Judaism and Christianity
By Andrew Lawler
Myths of the American Revolution
Was George Washington a brilliant strategist? Did American patriots rush to take up arms? Could Great Britain have won the war? A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom
By John Ferling
Sherlock Holmes' London
As the detective stalks movie theaters, our reporter tracks down the favorite haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his ingenious creation
By Joshua Hammer
Painted Dreams
Rare artworks from an unsurpassed collection evoke the inner lives and secret rites of Australia's indigenous people
By Arthur Lubow
Wurst Case Scenario
As Germans turn to American-style supermarkets, the local butcher—a fixture in their sausage-happy culture—is packing it in
By Andrew D. Blechman
Departments
Indelible Images
Finding Phineas
An accident with a tamping iron made Phineas Gage one of the most famous names in neuroscience. Now there's a face to go with it
By Steve Twomey
My Kind of Town
House Calls and Tree Houses
A community in the Allegheny foothills was "the perfect birthplace for a writer"
By Jayne Anne Phillips
Wild Things
Wild Things:
Life as We Know It
Vanishing dinosaurs, breeding birds, redback spiders and more
By Amanda Bensen, Abby Callard, T.A. Frail and Laura Helmuth
Around the Mall
Riding in Comfort
NASA's next generation lunar rover is a "home on wheels"
By Megan Gambino
