Steam Locomotives Steal the Spotlight
Photographer O. Winston Link documented the final days of steam engines on the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last main line to use them
I Lost a Baby, and When I Got Him Back He Was a Toddler
The child was returned thanks in large part to a national clearinghouse that employs the latest technology to locate missing kids
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A Film Buff Cheers the Oldies, Calling for Silents, Please!
Garbo, Chaplin, Keaton yesteryear’s screen giants dazzle audiences anew at Pordenone, the world’s most pretigious silent-film festival
Winslow Homer, the Quintessential American Artist
He would chronicle it all the Civil War, the schoolyard games, the raging coast of Maine yet the man remained a mystery to the end
It Comes Out Only Once a Week, But the Sun Never Sets
Can a weekly paper in rural New Mexico raise enough hell to keep its readers hungry for more, issue after issue? Don’t ask
The National Zoo and its branch, the CRC, pioneer conservation biology and seek new ways of support
The Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum and research complex, has yet another address: the World Wide Web
That ‘Little Armored Thing’ Doesn’t Get by on Looks Alone
It appears to be made out of spare parts, but the only mammal equipped with a carapace is actually a model of ecological efficiency
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Don’t Look Now, but Here Come the Bladerunners
Whether stunting on the streets, gliding off to work or lining up for the orthopedist, nowadays in-line skates are the way to go
Making a Dent in the Trafficking of Stolen Art
From their modest Manhattan digs, Constance Lowenthal and her staff do their best to foil the criminals who swipe treasures for a living
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Daring Deeds, Bold Dreams, in a Land Removed From Time
In The World Beneath, the sequel to his best-selling Dinotopia, author-artist James Gurney unveils a ravishing, action-packed adventure
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
Review of ‘Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman’s Life Among the Aborigines’
Exhibits at the National Museum of American History commemorate our diverse World War II experiences
To teach science, says the ten-year-old National Science Resources Center, there is nothing better than getting young hands on simple experiments
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Elephant Seals, the Champion Divers of the Deep
These ponderous pinnipeds continually set new records for diving to crushing depths; researchers are hard at work to discover just how they do it
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Chimney Sweeps Are Plunging Into Their Work Again
With more of us using fireplaces and modern high-efficiency wood stoves, the ancient profession is getting a new lease on soot
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