Articles

Tantalizing Turquoise

The brilliant blue-green gemstone, prized by admirers from ancient times to our own, commands a booming, billion-dollar market

July 31, 1999

The Many Faces of Gustave Moreau

The 19th-century French painter infused his diverse works with exoticism and poetic imagination

July 31, 1999

Review of 'Great Feuds in Science and Portraits of Discovery'

August 1999

What Good Is a List If You Can't Read It?

August 1999

In the Year 1, Augustus Let the Good Times Roll

The year 2000 is almost upon us, but what in the (Western) world was happening when the counting began?

July 31, 1999

Mount Athos, Where "Every Stone Breathes Prayers"

At this remote sanctuary, art and religion have intertwined for 1,000 years

July 31, 1999

"There Is a Certain Amount of Humor in Checkers"

But if you think this game is easy, you haven't met the Ayshire Lassie, the Black Doctor, the Goose Walk or the Canalejas Cannonball

July 31, 1999

A New Day Begun

Committed to its community, the Smithsonian's Anacostia Museum sets lofty goals for the future

August 1999

Turning Water to Gold

Confronted with a hill full of gold, miners removed the hill and the gold and left a mess behind

August 1999

Do Not Take the Javelina Lightly

Oh yes, it's a touchy-feely creature all right, but the collared peccary, or javelina, has very big teeth and it knows how to use them

July 31, 1999

The Vast Influence of the Wee Microbe

August 1999

Science Makes a Better Lighthouse Lens

August 1999

Beyond the Blue: The Art of Maxfield Parrish

A master of make-believe, he enchanted millions with his own vision of paradise

July 1999

Designing Women

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt Museum continues to expand the mission of the sisters who founded it

July 1999

Reds versus Whites

A masterpiece in porcelain replays old struggles between Bolshevik and Czarist opponents

July 1999

Review of 'Earth Odyssey: Around the World in Search of Our Environmental Future'

July 1999

Being Superstitious Can Drive You Crazy

July 1999

Terror in A.D. 1000?

While we look to the new millennium with both trepidation and amusement, medieval scholars argue about what really happened at this time 1,000 years ago

June 30, 1999

Piloting Pint-size Planes

Across the country, weekend aviators are sending their remote-controlled model aircraft soaring

July 1999

Relax, It's Only a Piranha

Never mind its savage reputation. The piranha is a pussycat— most of the time

June 30, 1999