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The last piece of the building's makeover, a $50 million glass roof over the courtyard by British architect Norman Foster is scheduled for completion in late 2007.

Back To The Future

One of Washington’s most exuberant monuments—the old Patent Office Building —gets the renovation it deserves

Swartz (holding some of his experimental hybrid moschata strawberries) says his "holy grail" is a hybrid with the breed's exotic musky flavor and aroma that is also hardy enough for U.S. markets. He predicts it's no more than a few years away.

Berried Treasure

Why is horticulturalist Harry Jan Swartz so determined to grow an exotic strawberry beloved by Jane Austen?

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Monkey talk, reptilian altruism, anemone stings, aquatic crabs, and Thyrohyrax

Camelot

In the mid-1800s, “ships of the desert” reported for duty in the Southwest

Is there room in the Terai Arc for people and wildlife? One win-win solution helped villagers replace forest-foraging cattle with a breed that produces more milk and is kept close to home.

Building An Arc

Despite poachers, insurgents and political upheaval, India and Nepal’s bold approach to saving wildlife in the Terai Arc just may succeed

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Wild in the Yukon

A Danish photographer goes the extra mile to document wildlife in one of North America’s most remote areas, now coveted by mining and oil companies

The View From the Center of the Universe: Discovering Our Extraordinary Place in the Cosmos

Finding a Home in the Cosmos

In a new book written with his wife, Nancy Abrams, cosmologist Joel Primack argues that the universe was meant for us. Sort of

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Interview with John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin

The authors of “Building an Arc” talk about wildlife conservation and what drew them to work with tigers.

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The Strawberry with “Wicked Wiles”

David Chelf, a former physicist who shifted gears into horticulture, launched a venture in 2003 to grow large quantities of Mara des Bois strawberries

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Al Gore Discusses “An Inconvenient Truth”

Environmentalist Al Gore talks about his new movie

The Sun Also Rises, San Fermin kicks off July 6 with a crush of red, white and happy revelers.

Pamplona: No Bull

Forget Hemingway’s bovine madness: this charming medieval town hosts the most misunderstood public party in the world - the festival of Sam Fermin

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Interview with Erla Zwingle, Author of “Pamplona: No Bull”

Erla Zwingle talks about local festivals and her impressions of the city of Pamplona.

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What’s Up

“Zobop,” Folklife, and Sea Lions

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What’s Up

Orchids, Ice Floes and Kids with Cameras

Artist Andrew Wyeth at the age of 66

Wyeth’s World

In the wake of his death, controversy still surrounds painter Andrew Wyeth’s stature as a major American artist

Joe Booth -- livestock salesman in 1984 and lumberyard worker in 2005.

Time and Again

In 1984, Peter Feldstein set out to photograph everyone in Oxford, Iowa. Two decades later, he’s doing it again, creating a portrait of heartland America

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Land of the Wee

Where else can you decorate the bordello and exercise godlike powers?

Coal Miner’s Daughter

“I’m 15. I’m getting married. My mother doesn’t want me to get married.” But that’s just the beginning of the story

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Interview: David Roberts, Author of “Below the Rim”

Author David Roberts talks about what he found surprising while exploring the Grand Canyon.

The Libeskind-designed Jewish Museum Berlin

Jewish Museum Berlin

Architect Daniel Libeskind’s zinc lightning bolt of a building is one of the most revolutionary structures built since the war in Germany or anywhere

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