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Biographer Wade Davis says Schultes approached photography  with the "same precision as he did botany."

Photo Find

With a rolleiflex camera, a pioneering botanist documented his fieldwork—and created art

Smithson: Using “diffusion” as an analogy for education?

From the Castle

Keeping Up

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Letters

Readers Respond to the June Issue

Leopold (top) and Loeb (bottom)

Challenges

To save a wall and understand killers’ motives

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Who Do You Love?

Bo Diddley’s beat changed the course of rock music. And his lyrics evoked a history that reached all the way to Africa

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Blue Ridge Bluegrass

The town of Floyd, Virginia draws jam-ready musicians and some toe-tapping fans

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Q&A: Chris Carter of “The X Files”

The creator and writer behind “The X-Files” reveals his inspiration for the sci-fi series and motivation behind the upcoming film

Flag-Waving Artists

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Our 10th Annual Photo Contest Ends Today at 2 PM EST!

Enter your best shots by November 30th at 2 PM EST, and compete to win our grand prize!

Six days after Betka Tudu's birth, female relatives and neighbors in the West Bengal village of Purulia gathered to bless him and "to protect him from harm's way," says Dey. Born into the Santhal tribe, Betka "unknowingly drew his distant kin closer than ever."

Welcome to Your World

This year’s photo contest winners reflect decidedly international points of view

Navajo frybread cooks in an iron frying pan.

Frybread Recipe

A recipe from Foods of the Americas: Native Recipes and Traditions

A frybread meal at a Navajo powwow.

Frybread

This seemingly simple food is a complicated symbol in Navajo culture

The Nightmare (Henry Fuseli, 1781)

Dream On

Why your nightmares hold the key to workplace success

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