Smithsonian Magazine: March 2008
Features
Rare Breed
Can Laurie Marker help the world's fastest mammal outrun its fate?
By Guy Gugliotta
The Arranger
From bebop to hip-hop, nobody alive has done more for American music than Quincy Jones
By Lyndon Stambler
Revolutionary Road
Efforts to turn the Vietnam War's notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail into a major highway have uncovered battle scars from the past while paving a way to a brighter future
By David Lamb
Springs Eternal
In rural Japan, stressed workers and tourists seek geothermal ease
By Andrew Curry
The Changing Face of Bhutan
As the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom cautiously opens itself to the world, traditionalists fear for its unique culture
By Arthur Lubow
Forbidden No More
As Beijing gets ready to host its first Olympics, a veteran journalist returns to its once-restricted palace complex
By Paul Raffaele
Highlights and Hotspots
Celebrations, ceremonies and competitions sure to delight even the most seasoned traveler
By Jess Blumberg
Departments
Phenomena
Tracking the Bighorns
Where do the elusive mountain climbers go? Researchers have finally learned some answers
By Becky Lomax
Presence of Mind
A Record Find
How The Phantom of the Opera led me to a long-lost musical treasure in Paris
By Michael Walsh
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
An Australian conservation group uses Hubble space telescope software to identify animals by their markings
By Amanda Bensen, Kenneth R. Fletcher, T.A. Frail, Karen Larkins and Sarah Zielinski
Around the Mall
A Neonatal Niche
Medical companies ignored the needs of premature infants, inspiring a nurse to become an entrepreneur
By Katy June-Friesen
The Object at Hand
Daredevil
Evel Knievel took risky behavior (and showboating) to new heights
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
John Alexander
A retrospective of artist John Alexander's work debuted at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in December and travels next to Houston's Museum of Fine Arts.
By Jess Blumberg
Interview
Doug Fine, Journalist, New Mexico
How an ambitious experiment in ecological living led to a goat pen
By Amanda Bensen
