Readers respond to the November issue
Momentous or merely memorable
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For years, Robert Webster has been warning of a global influenza outbreak. Now governments worldwide are finally listening to him
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An idealistic married couple defy poachers and police in strife-torn Zimbabwe to protect a threatened herd of placid pachyderms
As oil profits fund a socialist revolution, President Hugo Chávez picks a fight with his country's biggest customer the United States
In a quest for the ultimate challenge, marathoners go the distance in Antarctica
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The view from above can yield insights on the ground
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The inventive goldwork and royal regalia of Ghana's Akan people on display in a new exhibition are drawn, strikingly, from daily life
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A well-planned single image yells the story of 20th-century transportation
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Over the past half-century the small town of Columbus, Indiana, has turned itself into a showplace of modern architecture
The Indians who first feasted with the English colonists were far more sophisticated than you were taught in school. But that wasn't enough to save them
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When orbiting pranksters Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford launched into "Jingle Bells," Mission Control almost lost control
A look back at the world in Smithsonian Magazine's first year
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The triumphant return of the Lewis and Clark expedition
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Shaped by persecution, tribal strife and an unforgiving landscape, Iraq's Kurds have put their dream of independence on hold-for now
December anniversaries momentous or merely memorable
The secret diary of William Clark
December anniversariesmomentous or merely memorable
Despite federal opposition to embryonic stem cell research, academic freedom and profits in California is luring scientists to the field
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In Darwin's Galápagos Islands, evolution is on display
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