CURRENT ISSUE
March 2014
Features
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Kasparov’s Gambit
The great chess champion brings his knowledge to the games of Sochi, global politics and computer intelligence
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Reindeer Games
Ecologists are racing across the ice to find out how climate change will affect the Arctic natives
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Journey into the Kingdom of the Spirits
A journey to the heart of New Guinea’s Asmat tribal homeland sheds new light on the mystery of the heir’s disappearance there in 1961
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Revenge of the Vikings
A major new exhibition is reviving the Norse seafarers’ iconic image as rampagers and pillagers
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Buzzed
Champion Ken Jennings delves into what gives the virtually unchanged game show its lasting power
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Flight Club
At the end of March, 80 percent of the world’s cranes will converge upon one 80-mile stretch of land
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Star Power
No one will ever match his talent as the “gatekeeper of scientific credibility”
Departments
From the Castle
And at the same time, the American History Museum celebrates its 50th birthday