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October 2011
Features
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The Jaguar Freeway
A bold plan for wildlife corridors that connect populations from Mexico to Argentina could mean the big cat's salvation
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What Became of the Taíno?
The Indians who greeted Columbus were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results
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Change Agent
A new major retrospective recounts the artist's seven-decade career and never-ending experimentation
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The Passion of Madame Curie
The physicist's dedication to science made it difficult for outsiders to understand her, but a century after her second Nobel prize, she gets a second look
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Cocktails in Greenland
With 80 percent of the ice that covers the island melting, Greenland has become a hot travel destination
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The Great Pumpkin
Competitive vegetable growers are closing in on an elusive goal—the one ton squash
Departments
Letters
Innocence Abroad
Neither photographer Ruth Orkin nor her subject Jinx Allen realized the stir the collaboration would make
Lucky Bird
High in the Himalayas, the Tibetan bunting is getting help from a very special friend
Scattered Actions: October 1861
While the generals on both sides deliberated, troops in blue and gray fidgeted
Secretary Clough on Jefferson's Bible
Moving Images
"Whether it was TV or magazines, the world got changed one image at a time," says Maurice Berger, curator of a new exhibit at American History
Ready for Her Close-Up
The early 20th-century photograph of Empress Dowager Cixi captures political spin, Qing dynasty-style
Did Zoo Animals Anticipate the August East Coast Earthquake?
Q&A: Al Worden
What's Up
Crossing the Color Line
John Howard Griffin gave readers an unflinching view of the Jim Crow South. How has his book held up?
Identity Crisis
Threats of identity theft prompt personal questions that can stymie the best of us