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A Sustainable Planet • AS A HUB FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, THE SMITHSONIAN IS POISED TO HELP THE WORLD FIND SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE

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High and Dry • Behold the gnarly Joshua tree, a beloved desert denizen that is feeling the heat

To the Rescue • WORKING TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE LIFEFORMS AND ANCIENT HERITAGE OF THE JOSHUA TREE’S HABITAT

CREATION STORIES • How a photographer stranded by the pandemic made a connection with home

The Sauce Detectives • From Pompeii to modern laboratories, scholars dig deep to recreate a weird taste that delighted ancient Rome

Please Pass the Flavor • FAR-FLUNG FORERUNNERS OF THE WORLD’S FAVORITE CONDIMENTS

IN DEFENSE OF KING GEORGE • The author of a new biography shines a humane light on the monarch despised by the colonists

Slam-Dunk Design • The world is bonkers for sneakers. This pivotal 1996 concept for Michael Jordan is a big reason why

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND EIGHT ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

the DIVE to 1495 • In the frigid Baltic Sea, archaeologists probing the surprisingly well-preserved remains of a revolutionary warship are seeing the Age of Discovery in a new way

New Chapter • At the nation’s most innovative public library. you can play the ukulele, learn photography or record a song in a top-flight studio. You can also check out a book

WELCOME TO MARS • A HOSTILE LANDSCAPE. CRAMPED QUARTERS. DEHYDRATED FOOD. A PHOTOGRAPHER TAKES PART IN EXPERIMENTS TO LIVE ON ANOTHER PLANET

The Righteous Defiance of Aristides de Sousa Mendes • In 1940, as thousands of desperate refugees flooded into Bordeaux, one diplomat in the city had a choice. Follow orders and stop them from escaping German-occupied France. Or disobey—and risk everything

Flight to America • The story of one of the thousands of people aided by the courage of Aristides de Sousa Mendes

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