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July 1996

Features

At a 2,600-acre research site near Chesapeake Bay, Smithsonian scientists are answering basic questions about how ecosystems work

Mocked, martyred and marketed, our favorite statue is still hard at work "enlightening the world"

Sam Connery

How an upside-down biplane on a 24-cent stamp, at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, seemed to jinx early attempts at carrying the mail by air

In the Smithsonian's long history of studying cultures, we've learned to help people represent themselves

After many an 18-hour day 'tinkering,' and more than 500 patents to his name, Jerome Lemelson is America's most prolific living inventor