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July-August 2013
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CSI: Italian Renaissance
Inside a lab in Pisa, forensics pathologist Gino Fornaciari and his team investigate 500-year-old cold cases
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The Big Heart
As Houston undergoes an ethnic and cultural transformation, its reputation grows as a place where people can dream big and succeed
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Behind the Mask
A new film revives The Lone Ranger, but has it eliminated the TV series’ racist undertones
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The Education of a Bomb Dog
A top training academy works double time to meet skyrocketing demand for canines who can sniff out danger
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League of Her Own
Of all the strange baseball exploits of the Depression era, none was more surprising than Jackie Mitchell’s supposed feat
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Mind Over Matter
Before the elusive particle could be discovered—a smashing success—it had to be imagined
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From the Castle
Two Faces, One Portrait
A collage artist combs through glamour shots of forgotten Hollywood actors to create compelling celebrity mashups
Star Power
Tim McCoy’s astronomy course is helping to revive the words of the Miami tribe
Playlist
A new album on Smithsonian Folkways Records captures the effort to sustain a fading musical tradition
Fast Forward
This NASA-funded project could head into orbit within just a few years