The first biography of Galileo Galilei resurfaces and offers a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial
With the purchase of Botticelli’s Death of Lucretia, Isabella Stewart Gardner took American collecting in a new direction
The author of Old Masters, New World discusses how 19th century American collectors acquired European masterpieces
At the National Zoo, Guess Who
We were born on July 17th at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
Preserving Silence in National Parks
A Battle Against Noise Aims to Save Our Natural Soundscapes
The Cola Wars. Smear Campaigns in Space?
Sending astronauts into space takes heaps of cash, hours of political wrangling and the kind of engineering prowess that would make Newton weep
Olympic Athletes Who Took a Stand
For 40 years, Olympians Tommie Smith and John Carlos have lived with the consequences of their fateful protest
Confessions of an alleged Mafia princess
Bo Diddley’s beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa
To save a wall and understand killers’ motives
Readers Respond to the June Issue
Keeping Up
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