Smithsonian Magazine: March 2005
Features
Future Shocks
Modern science, ancient catastrophes and the endless quest to predict earthquakes
By Kevin Krajick
Traces of a Lost People
Who roamed the Colorado Plateau thousands of years ago? And what do their stunning paintings signify?
By Kurt Repanshek
A New Day in Iran?
The regime may inflame Washington, but young Iranians say they admire, of all places, America
By Afshin Molavi
A Puzzle In the Pribilofs
On the remote Alaskan archipelago, scientists and Aleuts are trying to find the causes of a worrisome decline in fur seals
By Doug O'Harra
Modigliani: Misunderstood
A new exhibition positions the bohemian artist's work above even his operatic life story
By Doug Stewart
Ireland Unleashed
A booming economy has fueled prosperity, transforming a society long burdened by oppression and poverty
By Joseph A. Harriss
Contemplating Churchill
On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader's death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour
By Edward Rothstein
Departments
Indelible Images
Hungarian Rhapsody
In a 70-year career that began in Budapest, André Kertész pioneered modern photography, as a new exhibition makes clear
By Terence Monmaney
The Object at Hand
The Shirt Off His Back
Jerry Seinfeld's silly, frilly prop takes its place in television history
By Owen Edwards
Digs
Where East Met (Wild) West
Excavations in a legendary gold rush town uncover the unsung labors of Chinese immigrants on the frontier
By Raffi Khatchadourian
Tribute
Prescient and Accounted For
A century after his death, novelist Jules Verne, who imagined Moon flight and deep-sea voyages, looks more prophetic than ever
By Doug Stewart
From the Secretary
Child of Wonder
Cristián Samper's lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world's largest collection
By Lawrence M. Small
