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Greetings from the Antiworld

Every subatomic particle has its opposite number, but luckily it’s not true on a larger scale

Charting a New Course

Establishing a permanent marine station heralds an era of progress for Smithsonian research

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Reading for the Blind

Visually impaired subscribers to recorded periodicals peruse everything from Forbes to Skeptical Inquirer

Charles Darwin

Expressions: The Visible Link

Darwin believed expressions of emotion reveal the unity of humans and their continuity with animals

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Blimps: Big, Beautiful & Everywhere You Look

What good are they? Well, they make people smile and dogs bark. Isn’t that good enough?

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Splash & Spectacle

The Spray

Around the World Alone

Joshua Slocum was the first to do it, a hundred years ago, then wrote about it; the world is still awed by his seamanship and his prose

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Ursula von Rydingsvard Sculpts Metaphors in Wood

The contemporary artist combines primordial forms and highly expressive content to produce haunting and monumental works of uncommon power

Celebrity Caricature

At the National Portrait Gallery, American Icons Revealed

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Review of ‘Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World’

Review of ‘Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World’

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Growing Pains

Shelburne Farms, Vermont

A Pastoral Preserve Faces the Future

At Vermont’s Shelburne Farms, a 19th-century showplace fulfills a quest to teach love for the land

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The AP Looks Back

150 Years of Capturing the Moment

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In the Land of the Long-Distance Runners

Mexico’s Copper Canyon is home to great athletes, the Tarahumara

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The Horse Whisperer

Legendary trainer Buck Brannaman relies on trust, not terror

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