From a forest that flourished 207 million years ago, the Sherman Logs bear stony witness to a general’s curiosity—and life in an age gone by
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A Heartland Artist Who Broke the Old Regionalist Mold
Two current exhibitions prove that, although Charles Burchfield’s watercolors are set in specific places, these works know no boundaries
Ziggedy Bop! Tap Dance Is Back on Its Feet
It’s been a mainstay of stage and screen; now after years in revival, a truly American art form returns full force, with energy and innovation
Review of ‘The Demon-Haunted World’, ‘Einstein, History, and Other Passions’, ‘The End of Science’
Review of ‘The Demon-Haunted World’, ‘Einstein, History, and Other Passions’, ‘The End of Science’
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Declaring an Open Season on the Wisdom of the Ages
Under the stewardship of scholars Diderot and d’Alembert, the 18th-century’s Encyclopédie championed fact and freedom of the intellect
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Even Our Most Loved Monuments Had a Trial by Fire
Controversies like those swirling around the FDR Memorial are the rule when Americans try to agree on anything to be cast in bronze
A patriarch of flight, Paul Garber devoted his Smithsonian career to the preservation of historic aircraft
Mining the Scrap Heap for Treasure
Across America, a network of scrap-metal firms is supplying much of the raw materials, iron to aluminum, that fuel the growing global economy
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Hopes for the endangered vultures’ survival soared recently after six captive birds were released on a clifftop in the Arizona wilds
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Cybercops Take a Byte Out of Computer Crime
A detective working the computer crime beat still needs street smarts, but there’s a lot of uncharted legal territory out there
Life not only thrives in the heat and violence of Earth’s submarine volcanoes, it may have started there
John Barrymore: a Profile in Just About Everything
A great actor, a shameless ham; an athlete, a drunk; a ladies’ man, one of the boys— the madcap Jack had as many faces as roles
The Faith of the Byzantine World Is Alive at the Met
There was no room for doubt in the Second Golden Age, as embodied in the ivories, enamels, jewels, silks and other treasures
Even as a bust, the real king of Siam turns out to be a more complex chap than the bald-headed caricature made famous by Yul Brynner and others
Doghouses, lace, luggage, wallpaper, backpacking tents. Since 1897, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum has been amazing us
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