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Smithsonian Magazine
Life of Pie
Red Alert • A WILDLY POPULAR BUT MUCH-MALIGNED FRUIT IS FINALLY ON THE WANE
BREATHING ROOMS • Dramatic new photographs bring acclaimed artists back to life
There’s always more to explore in Taiwan
The Nation’s Unsettled Account • In 1870 Henrietta Wood sued for reparations—and won the largest verdict ever awarded for slavery
How to Read Like Mark Twain • STEP ONE: PRETEND YOU DON’T LIKE BOOKS
War and Piece • A lowly chunk of earth is a telltale trace of the devastating weapon that would change the world forever
Riches of the Spanish Main • A DEEP DIVE INTO THE ARCHIVES YIELDS HUNDREDS OF LONG-FORGOTTEN SHIPWRECKS
FROM THE TIDE POOL TO THE STARS
THE HOMECOMING
EPILOGUE FOR THE ANCESTORS • Smithsonian researchers forge a new policy for returning human remains to indigenous people overseas
SATURN’S SURPRISE • THE PLANETS DISTINCTIVE RINGS MAY BE GONE IN A COSMIC BLINK OF AN EYE
It’s Raining Ice on Saturn • How frozen water particles orbiting the planet plunge into its atmosphere and—gasp!—deplete the rings
THE NEW TREASURES OF POMPEII • FROM GORGEOUS ARTWORKS TO GRIMACING CORPSES, ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE STILL UNCOVERING THE TRUTH ABOUT LIFE—AND DEATH—IN THE DOOMED CITY
NEXT STOP, TITAN • A new spacecraft will soon return to Saturn’s neighborhood—to hunt for clues about the origins of life
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