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Flying High • THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM REOPENS TO THE PUBLIC, TRANSFORMING THE WAY WE TELL THE STORY OF AVIATION

All That Jazz • The plucky institution that staged a brassy comeback for America’s signature music

Sax and the City • THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ONCE TOOK THE STAGE AT THESE ERSTWHILE NEW ORLEANS HOT SPOTS

PLUGGED IN • In bold, symbolic canvases, an artist connects Congo’s present and past

The Drive for Equality • How Florence St. John and her co-workers at General Motors set the precedent for equal pay in the 1930s

The Changemakers • THE WOMEN’S BUREAU IN D.C. HELPED EXPAND RIGHTS FOR MILLIONS OF WOMEN

PAPER TRAIL • Unearthing the long-lost secrets of the country’s earliest inventions

Breaking the Barrier • The speeding-bullet design that propelled Chuck Yeager into history

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

Founding Force • How America’s “first politician” galvanized a colony—and helped set a revolution in motion

GLEN CANYON REVEALS ITS SECRETS • Water woes threaten America’s second largest reservoir—but leave new vistas in their wake

TOLKIEN’S WORLD • HAUNTED BY THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER WORLD WAR, THE AUTHOR OF THE LORD OF THE RINGS CREATED A NEW STORY OF MIDDLE-EARTH THAT FEW PEOPLE EVEN KNEW ABOUT—UNTIL NOW

Ray of Hope • Conservationists aim to save the giant fish, which faces threats from poachers and climate change

SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY • FROM THE LAB TO THE ART GALLERY, THE LATEST EFFORTS TO UNDERSTAND THE FRAGRANT, MUSKY, STINKY AND UTTERLY BAFFLING WORLD OF SMELL

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