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October 2013
Features
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Cabin Fever
One man’s historic mission to rediscover every former slave dwelling in America
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Existential Hero
On the centenary of his birth, Algerian-born novelist and philosopher Albert Camus is still a stranger in his native land
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Seeing Zapruder
Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris deconstructs the metaphysics of conspiracy
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The New Lincoln
How a former Disney Animator made the most provocative Lincoln photo find of the last half-century
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Mole Hunt
A Soviet spy’s tip set off one of the most self-destructive investigations in FBI history
Secure Speech Cipher System
A new poem by Linda Bierds
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Glory, Glory
New research may settle a family feud over the origins of an American icon
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Animal Intelligence
Some of the most highly trained operatives in the Cold War weren’t human. Ask the man who trained them
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American Enigma
A new biography of Norman Rockwell reveals the complex inner life of America's greatest and most controversial illustrator
Departments
From the Castle
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough previews a new exhibit at the American Art Museum
Books
Exploring alien microbes. Plus: the romance of hot air, Red Cloud’s feat and the science inside your cat
Fast Forward
NASA's time machine