October 2015
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
Egypt: The Power and the Glory
How far did the Old Kingdom pharaohs go to build the pyramids at Giza? The discovery of the world’s oldest papyrus and a long-lost Red Sea port offers startling new clues
Seeing the Forest and the Trees
Renowned photographer Sebastião Salgado documented human suffering around the world. Back in his native Brazil, he’s healing the devastated landscape, and his own spirit, one tree at a time
Shades of Gray
Unable to survive in the wild but not domesticated either, captive-born gray wolves prowl an evolutionary shadowland at a sanctuary in Washington State
Hemingway in Love
In a new memoir, one of Hemingway's closest friends reveals how the great writer grappled with the love affair that changed his life and shaped his art
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Gravity's Muse
Einstein's relativity breakthrough a century ago was out of this world. Now it seems surprisingly down-to-earth
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