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January 2010
Features
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The Truth About Lions
The world's foremost lion expert reveals the brutal, secret world of the king of beasts
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Man-Eaters of Tsavo
They are perhaps the world’s most notorious wild lions. Their ancestors were vilified more than 100 years ago as the man-eaters of Tsavo
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Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Resolving the dispute over authorship of the ancient manuscripts could have far-reaching implications for Christianity and Judaism
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Myths of the American Revolution
A noted historian debunks the conventional wisdom about America's War of Independence
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Sherlock Holmes' London
As the detective stalks movie theaters, our reporter tracks down the favorite haunts of Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous sleuth
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Painted Dreams
Rare artworks from an unsurpassed collection evoke the inner lives and secret rites of Australia’s indigenous people
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Wurst Case Scenario
As Germans turn to American-style supermarkets, the local butcher—a fixture in their sausage-happy culture—is packing it in
Departments
Finding Phineas
An accident with a tamping iron made Phineas Gage history's most famous brain-injury survivor
House Calls and Tree Houses
A community in the Allegheny foothills nurtured novelist Jayne Anne Phillips' talent for storytelling
What to Collect?
The Star Spangled Banner and John Glenn's spacesuit were clearly musts. Other artifacts are less obvious
Riding in Comfort
The Smithsonian Institution pitches in to help NASA prepare for its next lunar mission with a new "home on wheels"
Pattern Recognition
Tribes from the Great Plains used quilts as both a practical replacement of buffalo robes and a storytelling device
Q&A: Martin Schoeller
Known for his photographs of celebrities and politicians, the artist doesn't put his portrait subjects on a pedestal
What's Up
Proper Manors
What if these meticulously planned communities are not just a modern phenomenon?