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June 2011
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Swimming With Sharks
Wildlife researchers and tourists are heading to a tiny Mexican village to learn about mysterious whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea
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Ready for Takeoff
Aerial drones are not just for the military anymore
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Extreme Cuisine
Take on American billionaire inventor and a gleaming laboratory.
Add trendy European cooking.
Obsess.
Yield: 2,438 pages of culinary wizardry, "modernist" recipes included
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A Setting for Murder
Agatha Christie's Devonshire estate welcomes visitors looking for clues to the best-selling novelist of all time
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A Writer’s Formative Venue
The picturesque seaside town of Torquay beckons vacationers and Christie pilgrims alike
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500 Miles of Mayhem
The first Indianapolis 500, held a century ago, wasn't only a grueling test of men, motors and tires. It was also tragically madcap
Departments
Dance Partners
Barbara Morgan's portrait of the iconic dancer helped move modern dance to center stage
Wild Things: Yawning Chimps, Humpback Whales and More...
Leaping beetles, Pacific salmon, prehistoric mammals and other news updates in wildlife research
Built From the Bottle Up
A school made with trash provides a lesson in sustainable development
The Princess and the Peacocks
How a portrait sparked a battle between art and money
Q&A: Eddie Van Halen
The rock guitarist talks about his custom-made Frankenstein 2 that is now in the collections of the American History museum
Don't Sniff the Antlers
In trying times, a 14th-century Japanese essayist's quirky advice rings true