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Core of Our Community • WHETHER FIELDING QUESTIONS FROM VISITORS OR DIGGING FOR ANSWERS BEHIND THE SCENES, VOLUNTEERS HELP THE MUSEUMS THRIVE

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“This work will ensure these brave heroes are never forgotten.”

Sweet Dreams • The tangy tale of how America’s children learned to squeeze life for all it’s worth

Citrus Maximus • A PARTIAL TOUR THROUGH THE JUICY PRECURSORS TO LEMONADE

NOBLE BEASTS • In animals, this German Expressionist painter found a subject worth celebrating

Ballpark Figure • Major League Baseball’s official historian is expanding our understanding of the game’s origins

Wild Cards • SOME OF THE EARLIEST AND WACKIEST BASEBALL INVENTIONS NEVER MADE IT TO FIRST BASE

A Stitch in Time • How do filmmakers get period clothing to look the part? Inside the workshop where Rabbit Goody brings the past to life

BOOKING IT • How Benjamin Franklin invented the modern lending library

Behind the Throne • How deep faith created one of the loveliest—and most curious—sacred objects in the world

Black Swans • A NEW BOOK SHOWS HOW PIONEERING BLACK BALLERINAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD IN THE FACE OF DISCRIMINATION

SLUGS in PARADISE • PSYCHEDELIC HEDGEHOGS, PURPLE PINEAPPLES, LIVING STRAWBERRIES-WELCOME TO THE MAGICAL WORLD OF NUDIBRANCHS

LAS VEGAS BETS ON THE FUTURE • As the Southwest dries, can a city notorious for excess find a way to survive with less and LESS WATER?

GREEK REVIVAL • MODERN ATHENS SAVORS ITS CONNECTIONS TO ANTIQUITY — WHILE REAPPRAISING ITS PAST

Light in the Forest • Sun bears play a crucial role in repairing their tropical habitat in Southeast Asia. But saving them means finding out where they are

Taking Up THE Torch • THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE YOUTH MOVEMENT THAT HELPED ELECT LINCOLN—AND SPURRED THE NATION TO CIVIL WAR

RESCUE MISSION • The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the Southeastern United States. Now it’s finding a surprising new home on a Florida bombing range

POISE & POWER • THIS YEAR’S WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS CAPTURE THE QUIET AND CHAOTIC FROM THE AMERICAN SOUTH TO EAST ASIA

MALAWI’S ISLAND in the SKY • Mount Mulanje is a climber’s paradise—and a casualty of logging. Can conservationists revive its forests?

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

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