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May 2005
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Features
Fire in the Hole
Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns, poison air and water, and add to global warming
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Young Eyes on Calcutta
Zana Briski and collaborator Ross Kauffman's Academy Award winning documentary chronicals the resilience of children in a Calcutta red-light district
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The Seeds of Civilization
Why did humans first turn from nomadic wandering to villages and togetherness? The answer may lie in a 9,500-year-old settlement in central Turkey
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Life on Mars?
It's hard enough to identify fossilized microbes on Earth. How would we ever recognize them on Mars?
Toulouse-Lautrec
The fin de sià¨cle artist who captured Paris' cabarets and dance halls is drawing crowds to a new exhibition at Washington, D.C.'s National Gallery of Art
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Tribal Fever
Twenty-five years ago this month, smallpox was officially eradicated. For the Indians of the high plains, it came a century and a half too late
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Homage to the Anchovy Coast
You may not want them on your pizza, but along the Mediterranean they're a prized delicacy and a cultural treasure
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Showdown on the Court
Buoyed by his reelection but dismayed by rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, a president overreaches
Departments
Model Family
Sally Mann's unflinching photographs of her children have provoked controversy, but one of her now-grown daughters wonders what all the fuss was about
Rising from the Ashes
The eruption of Mount St. Helens 25 years ago this month was no surprise. But the speedy return of wildlife to the area is astonishing
A Sculptor's Provocative Memorial Acknowledges the High Cost of Conflict
Paul Thek's haunting sculpture looks beyond the pomp of traditional battle memorials
Fatal Triangle
How a dark tale of love, madness and murder in 18th-century London became a story for the ages
Rocky Mountain High
After a canoe capsizes, the first sight of the mountainous "snowey barrier" lifts the corps' spirits