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Recollecting the Presidents

An election year exhibition proudly hails the chiefs

King Arthur Flour Company

Baking Up a Business

At the King Arthur Flour Company, folks have helped us produce the perfect loaf of bread— since 1790

Chandra X-ray space observatory of the NASA

A Stellar Imagemaker

Smithsonian and NASA's Chandra x-ray observatory sheds new light on the mysteries of the universe

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The Rarest of the Rare

Scientists at the Smithsonian's Conservation and Research Center have snatched endangered creatures from the brink and redefined conservation biology

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Libba Cotten's Guitar

Left-handed, she taught herself to play, wrote the folk classic "Freight Train" and sang into her 90s

Faster: The Acceleration of Just About Everything

Book Reviews: Faster

Faster by James Gleick

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The Book That Tells Stories About You

At the Moulin Rouge (1895), a painting by Henri Toulouse-Lautrec that captures the vibrant and decadent spirit of society during the fin de siècle.

Art Nouveau

The exuberant fin de siècle style is celebrated in a sweeping exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington

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The Judge Who Ruled Baseball

For nearly 25 years, Kenesaw Mountain Landis imposed his iron will on every facet of the game

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The Impossible Job

A Lofty Tribute to Barns

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The Return of the Phage

As deadly bacteria increasingly resist antibiotics, researchers try to improve a World War I era weapon

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The Cat That Walks by Itself

In Mexico's Maya jungle, the survival of the jaguar hangs on radio collars, hounds and former hunters

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Kudzu: Love It — or Run

Aggressive weed that "grows like the devil" and will not die is manna for sheep, cows and folks who use it to cure hangovers, weave baskets and make jelly

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You Are What You Buy

According to advertising guru James Twitchell, every symbol, from Alka-Seltzer's Speedy to the Energizer Bunny, plants powerful notions of who we are

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Welcome to Jungle Jim's

You don't just shop at this international food mart in deepest Ohio—you go on safari

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The Bozeman Trail

In the 1860s, the Lakota and their allies, led by chief Red Cloud, closed an immigrant route and made it stick

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Wanted: Big Men

The Smithsonian Castle

A Monumental Responsibility

Alfred Sisley - Street of Marlotte (1866)

An American in Bourron-Marlotte

When they moved here in 1976, the author and his wife thought they knew all about the French. How wrong they were

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