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A new exhibition explores thousands of years of artwork from the Native nations of North, Central and South America
January 04, 2011 | By Jess Righthand

On their way to a park built in the shadow of Bamiyan’s Buddhas, two Americans encounter remnants of war and signs of promise
December 13, 2010 | By Kristin Ohlson

An archaeologist insists a third giant statue lies near the cliffs where the Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed in 2001, once stood
December 2010 | By Joshua Hammer

In Russia, the recent discovery of the remains of the two missing Romanov children has pitted science against the church
November 2010 | By Joshua Hammer

Fed up with extortion and violent crime, ordinary citizens are rising up against organized crime
October 2010 | By Joshua Hammer

Bill Owens was seeking a fresh take on suburban life when he spotted a plastic-rifle-toting boy named Richie Ferguson
October 2010 | By Owen Edwards

Within weeks of January's devastating earthquake, Haiti's surviving painters and sculptors were taking solace from their work
September 2010 | By Bill Brubaker

An innovative California facility offers hope to combatants with post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries
September 2010 | By Robert M. Poole

In the deserts of Yemen, Zaraniq tribesmen compete to leap camels in a single bound
September 2010 | By Brandon Springer

A Smithsonian/Pew poll finds optimism about science and social progress despite worries about the environment and population growth

Experts predict the U.S. population will become increasingly diverse, with the greatest gains among Latinos.

Looking ahead to the next 40 years, President Obama writes about our nature as Americans to dream big and solve problems
August 2010 | By Barack Obama

The United States population will expand by 100 million over the next 40 years. Is this a reason to worry?
August 2010 | By Joel Kotkin

Maturing populations may mean a less violent future for many societies torn by internal conflict
August 2010 | By Carolyn O’Hara

Filmmaker Chris Eyre says Native pride will embolden the next generation of first Americans
August 2010 | By Chris Eyre

The co-chair of the world's largest philanthropy talks about what can be done to improve global health and poverty
August 2010 | By Terence Monmaney

Deafening to fans, broadcasters and players, the ubiquitous plastic horn is closely tied to South Africa’s soccer tradition
June 08, 2010 | By Jim Morrison

From two of Oregon’s best chefs come two recipes to liven up your wild fungi
January 28, 2011 | By Smithsonian.com

Chinese urban planners are building new towns with a foreign flair, each mimicking architecture from Europe’s storied cities
June 10, 2010 | By Rachel Kaufman

After years of conflict, Turkey's tradition-rich Kurdish minority is experiencing a joyous cultural reawakening
June 2010 | By Stephen Kinzer

A Texas cattleman used genetic science to breed his masterpiece – a near-perfect Red Angus bull. Then nature took its course
April 2010 | By Jeanne Marie Laskas

September 21, 2010 | By Megan Gambino

Baltimore's A. Aubrey Bodine cast a romantic light on the city's dockworkers in painterly photographs
April 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

The celebrated writer returns to the town of her birth to revisit the places that haunt her memory and her extraordinary fiction
March 2010 | By Joyce Carol Oates

Shelby Lee Adams' 1990 photograph of life in the eastern Kentucky mountains captured a poignant tradition
March 2010 | By Abigail Tucker

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