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July/August 2016
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Blood Sport
Located in Austria, the archaeological site is providing rich new details about the lives and deaths of the arena combatants
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The Fantastic Mr. Dahl
The British author’s world—antic, subversive, wildly inventive and monstrously humane—returns to the screen in Steven Spielberg’s The BFG
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Battle Scars
British generals have long been seen as the bunglers of the deadly conflict, but a revisionist look argues that a U.S. general was the real donkey
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American Exiles
A series of three photo essays explores how America has treated its own people in times of crisis
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Two Nations
Photographer Daniella Zalcman explores how native populations had a new nation foisted upon them
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The Drowning
As the sea levels rise, these photos provide a big picture view of a place losing the battle against climate change
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Antebellum Africa
The world created by former slaves in Liberia was a cruel paradox for more than 150 years
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Lost in Transylvania
Now fallen into shadow, the Romania-born Baron Franz Nopcsa was a groundbreaking scientist, adventurer -- and would-be king
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Anatomy of a Cure
A half century ago, a young doctor took on a deadly form of cancer—and the scientific establishment
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High School Confidential
In a reboot of the classic Archie comics, the two female leads take charge
Long Live the King
Photographer Neil Ever Osborne hopes that his work helps save the species
Small Talk: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Almost Famous
He tweets under the guise of @Brian_Bilston and uses the platform to reinvent the age-old form of writing
How Data Won the West
Early iterations saved soldiers' lives, debunked myths about slavery and helped Americans settle the frontier
A Fanatic Heart
Celebrated for her books about love, the writer might finally win a Nobel Prize for something darker
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