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December 2005

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Iraq's Resilient Minority

Charles Darwin

The Evolution of Charles Darwin

Aerial view of an amphitheater in Budapest, Hungary

Airborne Archaeology

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West African Gold: Out of the Ordinary

Native Intelligence

Helen Gurley Brown, the World Trade Center and Nobel Prizes...

The Grand Union Flag, Free At Last, and Lighting Up Broadway...

Departments

Indelible Images

The Big Picture

Christine Dell'Amore
Phenomena & Curiosities

Return of the Jaguar?

Will Rizzo
The Object at Hand

Christmas Cards

Points of Interest

By Design

Clay Risen
Editor's Note

Natural Selection

From the Secretary

A Whale Called Phoenix

A very large mammal will help tell an even weightier tale—about the ocean in this crowded, challenging century

Letters to the Editor

Letters

Smithsonian magazine
Lewis and Clark

Lewis and Clark: The Journey Ends

Smithsonian magazine
The Last Page

Me and Meriwether

Bob Balmer