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Hugs and Kisses from the IRS

A kinder, gentler tax form is on the way

Outdoor proceedings on July 20, 1925, showing William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow.

Evolution on Trial

Eighty years after a Dayton, Tennessee, jury found John Scopes guilty of teaching evolution, the citizens of “Monkeytown” still say Darwin’s for the birds

Doses of oral polio vaccine are added to sugar cubes for use in a 1967 vaccination campaign

Conquering Polio

Fifty years ago, a scientific panel declared Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine a smashing success. A new book takes readers behind the headlines

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Invention at Play

The Lemelson Center celebrates a decade of nurturing the inventor in each of us

GRAND PRIZE WINNER A green anole lizard in Hawaii After a daylong drive through Maui, Maize and his wife, Kim, were pulling into a hotel parking space when he discovered the head of a green anole lizard "peeking around the edge of a leaf. I shot about three, four pictures, but [this] one was my favorite."

2nd Annual Photo Contest Winners and Finalists

See the winning photos from our 2004 contest

A New Day in Iran?

The regime may inflame Washington, but young Iranians say they admire, of all places, America

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Prescient and Accounted For

A century after his death, novelist Jules Verne, who imagined Moon flight and deep-sea voyages, looks more prophetic than ever

The nomads who traversed Utah's rough terrain scratched, pecked and painted thousands of images onto cliff walls, creating rock art known today as the Barrier Canyon style. The earliest painting at Black Dragon Canyon (above) is thought to be more than 8,000 years old.

Traces of a Lost People

Who roamed the Colorado Plateau thousands of years ago? And what do their stunning paintings signify?

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Modigliani: Misunderstood

A new exhibition positions the bohemian artist’s work above even his operatic life story

Kertész (in his 80s, c. 1975) made his name in Paris (Under the Eiffel Tower, 1929).

Hungarian Rhapsody

In a 70-year career that began in Budapest, André Kertész pioneered modern photography, as a new exhibition makes clear

Costume designer Charmaine Simmons conceived Jerry's foppish garb to be both "uncomfortable" and "unwearable."

The Shirt Off His Back

Jerry Seinfeld’s silly, frilly prop takes its place in television history

Among items the archaeologists unearthed were a toothbrush (above) and a gaming die . The artifacts now repose in 630 boxes.

Where East Met (Wild) West

Excavations in a legendary gold rush town uncover the unsung labors of Chinese immigrants on the frontier

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Second Thoughts

Things are not always what they seem

The prime minister oversaw the war from a London bunker (the Cabinet War Rooms, above, adjacent to the new Churchill Museum) and from the field. In 1909, at age 35, he had already expressed an ardent desire to "have some practice in the handling of large forces."

Contemplating Churchill

On the 40th anniversary of the wartime leader’s death, historians are reassessing the complex figure who carried Britain through its darkest hour

Kicking off the Festival, NASA Deputy Administrator, the Honorable Shana Dale, shares lunch with the Prince of Bhutan, HRH Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuck, and the acting head of the Smithsonian Institution, Cristian Samper.

Child of Wonder

Cristián Samper’s lifelong love of flora and fauna inspires creative new displays of the world’s largest collection

San Francisco in 1906.

Future Shocks

Modern science, ancient catastrophes and the endless quest to predict earthquakes

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A Puzzle In the Pribilofs

On the remote Alaskan archipelago, scientists and Aleuts are trying to find the causes of a worrisome decline in fur seals

Central Park

Christo Does Central Park

After a quarter century’s effort, the wrap artist and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, blaze a saffron trail in New York City

One Per Customer

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Last Call

Hang-ups are an occupational hazard

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