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Emerging From Caves

Science suffers a setback—and leads to a breakthrough

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Second Thoughts

Things are not always what they seem

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Trouble Spots

Two of our writers get into the thick of things in Uganda and Afghanistan

Close Encounters

Northwest of Seattle, an overly friendly orca polarizes a community

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New Digs

Introducing a new department and the editor who runs it

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Point, Shoot, Submit

Our new and improved photo contest swings into gear

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Fault Lines

Weighing threats on land and from the sea

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Great Finds

Celebrating a magazine's good fortune—and a nation's

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Tons of Talent

Picking the winner of our first photo contest required a bit of heavy lifting

Tide pools with sea stars and sea anemone

Discoveries

Finding pharmaceuticals in the sea, unsettling images and nuggets of Americana

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Rescue Missions

Quests to Save a Tree... and a Country

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War, Honor and...Cats

After such knowledge, what forgiveness?

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Variety Show

Off and running in the new year

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Our Man in Karbala

Coming to terms with Shiite beliefs

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Flashbacks

Reconsidering JFK and Sylvia Plath

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Wise Guys

From absorbing shocks to shock absorbers

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Picture This

Five Categories, 50 Finalists, Six Winners

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Greener Pastures

Some things do get better

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Matters of Time

Everything old is news again

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Shoot, Don't Call

Announcing our first-ever photo contest

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