Smithsonian Magazine: September 2007
Features
The Amazing Albatrosses
They fly 50 miles per hour. Go years without touching land. Predict the weather. Mate for life. And they're among the world's most endangered birds. Can albatrosses be saved?
By Kennedy Warne
Kiwi Ingenuity
A fleet of inventions aims to protect albatrosses from harm
By Kennedy Warne
In Living Color
An obscure photographic process unveiled 100 years ago opens a fresh window on the past
By Robert M. Poole
Undaunted
First Rory Stewart walked the breadth of Afghanistan. Then he took up a real challenge: restoring traditional architecture in Kabul
By Joshua Hammer
When Portugal Ruled the Seas
The country's global adventurism in the 16th century linked continents and cultures as never before, as a new exhibition makes clear
By David Zax
Washington & Lafayette
Almost inseparable in wartime, the two generals split over a vital question: Should revolutionary ideals be imposed on others?
By James R. Gaines
Going With the Grain
On Minnesota lakes, Native Americans satisfy a growing hunger for "slow food" by harvesting authentically wild rice the old-fashioned way
By Lauren Wilcox
Singapore Swing
Peaceful and prosperous, Southeast Asia's famously uptight nation has let its hair down
By David Lamb
Departments
Indelible Images
"It Felt Like a Real Discovery"
Six decades after the death of an unheralded New York City municipal photographer, a researcher stumbles upon his forgotten negatives
By Carolyn Kleiner Butler
My Kind of Town
Beyond the Fringes
The author traces some abiding infatuations—and old antagonisms—to his seaside boyhood home
By Jonathan Yardley
Tribute
Remembering Jack Kerouac
A friend of the author of "On the Road," published 50 years ago this month, tells why the novel still matters
By Joyce Johnson
The Object at Hand
Kitchen Aid
A 1930s utensil evokes our love affair with chocolate
By Owen Edwards
Interview
Richard Lerner
The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"
By Eric Jaffe
Points of Interest
Points of Interest
This month's guide to notable American destinations and happenings
By Smithsonian magazine
What's Up
What's Up
Jim Henson, photojournalist Lola Alvarez Bravo and the heaviest bird that can fly
By Jess Blumberg
Wild Things
Wild Things: Life As We Know It
Icebergs, ice age wolves and honeybee queens
By Jess Blumberg, Amy Crawford, T.A. Frail, Laura Helmuth and Sarah Zielinski
