November 2002
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
Frida Kahlo
The Mexican artist's myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film
Pieces of History
Raised from the deep, the Monitor's turret reveals a bounty of new details about the ship's violent end
Coming Up Harlem
A revival of the fabled New York community inspires pride and controversy
Monumental Achievement
Our 2002 profile of architect Maya Lin that marked the 20th year of the Vietnam Memorial
Otterly Fascinating
Inquisitive, formidable and endangered, giant otters are luring tourists by the thousands to Brazil's unspoiled, biodiverse waterscape
Apples of Your Eye
Fruit sleuths and nursery owners are fighting to save our nation's apple heritage...before it's too late
Unearthing Athens' Underworld
Throughout the decade-long construction of the city's new metro, archaeologists have found a trove of treasures
Departments
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Science meets shamanism at a gathering to ponder the fate of the Pacific Ocean leatherback
Lasting Impressions
Scientists cast tall shadows but find themselves hard pressed to explain the blues to Mongolians
Providential Happening
A fiery installation draws crowds in Providence, Rhode Island, illuminating a "daylighting" trend
Flawed Founders
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
Preparing for the Best
Thanks to the mega-selling Worst-Case Scenario handbooks, we now know how to cope with charging bulls, plunging elevators and runaway locomotives