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Survivor • The true meaning of our national symbol

A Soaring Return • BALD EAGLES HAVE FACED NUMEROUS THREATS POSED BY HUMANS SINCE 1900. THEIR COMEBACK IS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR RESILIENCE AND THE LESSONS WE’VE LEARNED

MORE THAN A MUSE • She famously inspired Picasso, but a new book shows that her own paintings deserve renown

Hot Type Makes News • The last of its kind, a small-town newspaper in Colorado is still slugging it out

THE UNEQUAL DISTRIBUTION OF HEALTH • A new Smithsonian Channel documentary shines a light on medicine’s biases

Paris on the Potomac • The American visionaries rebuilding part of Notre-Dame using 12th-century tools

Mother Country • Patsy Cline sported a homemade suit as spectacular as her voice

Don’t Be Puzzled • YOU CAN FIND 11 ANSWERS IN THESE PAGES

THERE’S PLENTY OF JUICE ON BLOCK ISLAND • The historic community overcame controversy to lead the American revolution in offshore wind power

WELCOME BACK • A hunting ban has fostered the return of a nearly extinct walrus

Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road? • TO REPRODUCE, OF COURSE. AND A BAND OF VOLUNTEERS GATHERS AT NIGHT TO HELP IT—AND COUNTLESS OTHER AMPHIBIANS—GET TO THE OTHER SIDE

Making the Connection • The Chinese immigrants who helped build the transcontinental railroad were soon forgotten. Now their achievement is finally coming to light

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE • Ancient villas on sale for about a dollar? Italy goes the extra mile to revive rural towns

Viking VILLAGE

THE LEGEND OF The MUSIC TREE • Exotic lumber salvaged from a remote forest in Belize is the world’s most coveted tonewood

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