CURRENT ISSUE
November 2002
Features
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Frida Kahlo
The Mexican artist's myriad faces, stranger-than-fiction biography and powerful paintings come to vivid life in a new film
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Pieces of History
Raised from the deep, the Monitor's turret reveals a bounty of new details about the ship's violent end
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Coming Up Harlem
A revival of the fabled New York community inspires pride and controversy
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Monumental Achievement
Our 2002 profile of architect Maya Lin that marked the 20th year of the Vietnam Memorial
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Otterly Fascinating
Inquisitive, formidable and endangered, giant otters are luring tourists by the thousands to Brazil's unspoiled, biodiverse waterscape
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Apples of Your Eye
Fruit sleuths and nursery owners are fighting to save our nation's apple heritage...before it's too late
Unearthing Athens' Underworld
Throughout the decade-long construction of the city's new metro, archaeologists have found a trove of treasures
Departments
Requiem for a Heavyweight
Science meets shamanism at a gathering to ponder the fate of the Pacific Ocean leatherback
Lasting Impressions
Scientists cast tall shadows but find themselves hard pressed to explain the blues to Mongolians
Providential Happening
A fiery installation draws crowds in Providence, Rhode Island, illuminating a "daylighting" trend
Flawed Founders
To what degree do the attitudes of Washington and Jefferson toward slavery diminish their achievements?
Preparing for the Best
Thanks to the mega-selling Worst-Case Scenario handbooks, we now know how to cope with charging bulls, plunging elevators and runaway locomotives