September 2006
Smithsonian magazine delivers trusted and incisive reporting on history, science, nature, culture and travel.
Features
Sleeping with Cannibals
Our intrepid reporter gets up close and personal with New Guinea natives who say they still eat their fellow tribesmen
To Be or Not to Be Shakespeare
While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits
Folio, Where Art Thou?
One man's quest to track down every copy on the planet
Cougars on the Move
Mountain lions are thought to be multiplying in the West and heading east. Can we learn to live with these beautiful, elusive creatures?
The Queen Who Would Be King
Mummy dearest? Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called "the vilest type of usurper."
Storm Warnings
Is global warming to blame for the intensity of recent Atlantic hurricanes? While experts debate that question, they agree that tempests are headed our way
Steeped in History
New York's breathtaking Finger Lakes district has influenced historical figures from Mark Twain to Harriet Tubman
Author Pete Hamill
Pete Hamill, author of "Downtown: My Manhattan," discusses what makes New York home
Encore! Encore!
Lorenzo Da Ponte was a hit in Europe: a courtier, a cad, the librettist for Mozart's finest operas. But the New World truly tested his creative powers
Departments
Through the Mill
Because of a Lewis Hine photograph, Addie Card became the poster child of child labor. But what became of Addie Card?
Five Years Later
Tourists flock to the World Trade Center site, but for New Yorkers, 9/11 is history
Trailblazers
This month, pandas and other exotic creatures go on view at the National Zoo's new Asia Trail
Steve Fossett
On March 3, 2005, after 67 hours aboard his Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, he became the first person to fly alone around the world nonstop
Wild Things: Life as We Know It
An Australian conservation group uses Hubble space telescope software to identify animals by their markings