Smithsonian Magazine: November 2011
Features
A Goddess Goes Home
A statue's journey from Sicily to the United States and back again illuminates the ethical pitfalls of acquiring antiquities
By Ralph Frammolino
Go With the Flow
A new exhibition of 19th-century wonders underscores the debt America owes to a single resource: water
By Daniel Walker Howe
Aftershocks
The toppling of Egypt's government has led to a renewal of violence against the nation's Christian minority
By Joshua Hammer
Defending the Rhino
As demand for rhino horn soars, police and conservationists in South Africa pit high technology against increasingly sophisticated poachers
By Richard Conniff
Shanghai Gets Supersized
China's leaders once vowed to make the city the "Head of the Dragon" of new wealth. That projection now seems like an understatement
By David Devoss with additional reporting by Lauren Hilgers
The Eyes Have It
The lowly potato fed Europe's exploding population and gave rise to modern industrial agriculture. A new best seller dishes the dirt on the tuber that changed the world
By Charles C. Mann
Departments
Wild Things
Wild Things: Feathered dinosaurs, king crabs and spotted hyenas
Traveling snails, brainwashed rats and more updates from the world of wildlife
By T.A. Frail, Megan Gambino, Joseph Stromberg, Abigail Tucker and Sarah Zielinski
Indelible Images
The Man Behind the Mask
Ralph Eugene Meatyard had a strange way of getting his subjects to reveal themselves
By David Zax
The Civil War
Flare-Ups - November 1861
As generals come and go, tempers and fields burn
By David Zax
Around the Mall
Matchmakers
At the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center in Maryland, conservationists explore ways to encourage endangered whooping cranes to make whoopee
By Megan Gambino
The Object at Hand
Swan Song
The final flight of a World War II biplane evokes the exploits of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen
By Owen Edwards
Q&A
Q&A: Diosa Costello
The first Latina on Broadway dishes on her career and how she got her breakout role in South Pacific
By Joseph Stromberg
The Last Page
Guess Who Came to Dinner
A table for one can be the best seat in the house
By Angus Maclachlan
