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Collecting the Now • EVEN AS HISTORY UNFOLDS AROUND US, CURATORS SELECT THE OBJECTS THAT WILL TELL AMERICA’S STORY TOMORROW

Playing It Cool • A century after his birth, America’s most inventive jazzman can still take your breath away

MILES OF SALES • DOING THE MATH ON THE CHART-TOPPING, MIND-BOGGLING, NEARLY UNMEASURABLE SUCCESS OF THE BEST-SELLING JAZZ ALBUM EVER

INTO THE WOODS • Defying expectations for female artists, Emily Carr found beauty deep in Canada’s rainforests

The Americana Dream • Among restorers of classic collectibles, Curtis Kauffman reigns supreme

Losing the Big Apple • How clashing cultures spurred New York City to secede—almost

Breaking Away • BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, SECESSION EFFORTS WERE PLENTIFUL—AND OFTEN BASED ON IDEALS OF EQUALITY

The Other Miracle on Ice • Figure skater Brian Boitano carved an unlikely path to Olympic glory

The Real Carthage • THE CLEAREST PORTRAIT YET OF A CIVILIZATION THAT DOMINATED THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN FOR CENTURIES

CREATIVE LICENSE • The colorful true history behind our laminated identities

THE HAUNTING OF YOUNG GEORGE WASHINGTON • New evidence helps resolve enduring mysteries about a 1758 skirmish that nearly cost the future president his life—and shaped his views on the battles yet to come

PENGUINS WITH ATTITUDE • WILL ROCKHOPPERS’ LEGENDARY GRIT AND DAREDEVIL ATHLETICISM BE ENOUGH TO PROTECT THEM IN A RAPIDLY WARMING WORLD?

BACK TO THE FUTURE • NASA’s Artemis program will soon return astronauts to the moon after more than half a century—with a new spacecraft and a bold 21st-century vision for what comes next

THE LIFE AND TRIALS OF SAMUEL GREEN • BORN ENSLAVED, HE LOST HIS FREEDOM A SECOND TIME FOR THE CRIME OF OWNING A BOOK

THE TEAHOUSES AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD • A MONTHLONG TREK IN THE HIMALAYAS BRINGS INTO FOCUS THE ESSENTIAL ROLE OF THE REGION’S MODEST MOUNTAINSIDE LODGES

GRUB HUB • INEXPENSIVE TO RAISE AND INSATIABLY HUNGRY FOR TRASH, BLACK SOLDIER FLY LARVAE ARE ALREADY ON THE MENU FOR LIVESTOCK, PETS AND, MAYBE SOON, PEOPLE

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

Celebrating AMERICA at 250 • FROM THE SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE ARCHIVES, SOME OF OUR FAVORITE READER QUESTIONS ABOUT OUR NATION’S FOUNDING