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Inside America's Greatest Adventure

From JFK's real motives to the Soviets' secret plot to land on the Moon at the same time, a new behind-the-scenes view of Apollo 11's unlikely triumph 50 years ago

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Apollo at 50

New tributes to the ultimate space epic blast off this summer at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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El Maestro

Mexico's most important living artist mixes magical realism with passionate rebellion

Blue Hole Regional Park

American Idyll

Kick off your shoes and jump into summer's most refreshing tradition, a lazy afternoon at the local swimming hole

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Return to the Titanic

The daredevil inventor behind the world's first deep-diving passenger submarine sets his sights on the most famous shipwreck of all

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Unnatural Wonder

The surprising human interventions that help make Niagara Falls so awe inspiring

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Pride and Prejudice

Interpreting the legacy of the Stonewall uprising 50 years later

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The First Computers Were Human

It's ironic that women today must fight for equality in Silicon Valley. After all, their math skills helped launch the digital age

Clive Thompson
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Roaring Back

In a new exhibit about "deep time" at the National Museum of Natural History, T. Rex is still the chompion

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My, What Big Teeth You Have!

Reimagining the megalodon, the world's most terrifying sea creature

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