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April 2016

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Invisible Kingdom

Deep in the jungles of Cambodia, archaeologists are uncovering a vast and sophisticated metropolis that is 350 years older than Angkor Wat

Joshua Hammer; Photographs Chiara Goia

Driving While Black

African-Americans used a crowd-sourced guide to navigate segregation

Jacinda Townsend

The Secret Lives of Animals

An innovative photographer reveals what African animals do when they think no one is watching

Abigail Tucker; Photographs by Anup Shah

Darwin's Favorite Fossils

He never visited the Yale museum, but you can—and see for yourself the specimens that Darwin praised as the best evidence for his theory of evolution

Richard Conniff

Welcome to Monkey Town

The nation’s greatest orators clashed in the famed Scopes evolution trial nearly a century ago. Now you can sit in the same courtroom and reach your own verdict

Franz Lidz; Photographs by Fernando Decillis

Dawn of the Dinosaur

In the Arizona desert, you can find remains of the creatures that crawled through the tropics before T. Rex and other fierce giants dominated Earth

Riley Black

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Zooting Up

Unraveling the jazzy life of a snazzy style

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Plume Power

A new book spotlights the astonishing beauty and diversity of feathers

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American Idol

A fresh look at the Civil War’s most daring naval officer

What's It Like in Space? Ariel Waldman Has the Answers

The NASA adviser and author of a new book gives some insight on living beyond the Earth's atmosphere

Phenomena

Giant Step

Scientists stumble on a fishy insight into how humans stood up

Phenomena

If Music Be the Food of Questlove

In a new book, the bandleader and hip-hop star stirs up music and cooking

Phenomena

Catching a Wave

Scientists are sitting on top of the world after detecting gravitational waves for the first time. Now what?

Phenomena

Drawing Fire

Fueled by outrage and armed with an artist's pen, journalist and activist Molly Crabapple fights for justice in the Middle East, and closer to home

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