Articles

On the drive from Toolik, a view of the ocean and sun in the early morning hours

Arctic Dispatch: A Polar Bear Plunge

A trip to the oil-rich Prudhoe Bay region ends in an Arctic swim

Keep Kangaroos at Bay the Dingo Way

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Today's Events at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, Tuesday July 2, 2008

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On Climate Change: American Indian Museum's Call to Consciousness

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Letters

Readers Respond to the April and May Issues

Leifer's "handy" father helped rig the camera that caught the Dodgers' Willie Davis in mid-slide

It's in the Bag

Sports Illustrated photographer Neil Leifer hit a grand slam when he set out to capture a double play on film

G. Wayne Clough, Smithsonian Institution’s 12th Secretary

From the Castle

A Look Forward

“Crew comforts” are of utmost importance to NASA engineer Robert Howard Jr., who designs lunar living quarters.

Lunar Living

The quest to return to the moon ignites new hope and vision at the 50-year-old space agency

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Jukebox: Memorable Melodies

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What's Up

The painted replica of a c. 490 B.C. archer (at the Parthenon in Athens) testifies to German archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann’s painstaking research into the ancient sculpture’s colors. The original statue came from the Temple of Aphaia on the Greek island of Aegina.

True Colors

Archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target

The arduous task of silkworm cultivation involved keeping the tiny silkworm eggs (about 35,000 of them weigh only an ounce) at the correct temperature. Hatched worms then had to be fed mulberry leaves around the clock.

Spin Cycle

Silkworm farming, or sericulture, was a backbreaking job that often required the participation of entire families

The Nightmare (Henry Fuseli, 1781)

Dream On

Why your nightmares hold the key to workplace success

Peter Ross Range

Peter Ross Range on "Silken Treasure"

Tony Perrottet

Tony Perrottet on "John Muir's Yosemite"

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Guy Gugliotta on "The Great Human Migration"

Matthew Gureswitsch

Matthew Gurewitsch on "True Colors"

A frybread meal at a Navajo powwow.

Frybread

This seemingly simple food is a complicated symbol in Navajo culture

Navajo frybread cooks in an iron frying pan.

Frybread Recipe

A recipe from Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions

Six days after Betka Tudu's birth, female relatives and neighbors in the West Bengal village of Purulia gathered to bless him and "to protect him from harm's way," says Dey. Born into the Santhal tribe, Betka "unknowingly drew his distant kin closer than ever."

Welcome to Your World

This year's photo contest winners reflect decidedly international points of view

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