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Smithsonian Magazine

Can Virus Hunters Stop The Next Pandemic Before it Happens?

Last summer, Dr. Kevin Olival joined a group of Indonesian hunters as they ventured deep into the mangrove forests of South Sulawesi island. The hunters were looking for roosting bats, mainly fruit bats and flying foxes—for them, a lucrative prize that can be shipped to villages in the north as part of the bushmeat trade. For Olival, the bats were a prize of a different sort.

Olival is a virus hunter. For more than 15 years, the ecologist and evolutionary biologist has scoured the globe.

Smithsonian Magazine

How Coastal Cities Are Evolving to Deal With Extreme Rain

As flash storms increase in frequency and intensity, the aging infrastructure of American cities—especially older coastal cities like Norfolk—is proving unable to handle the extreme rains.

The question is whether anything can be done.

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Rafting Through Time — Medium

A six-day journey on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon in words and pictures.

Smithsonian Magazine

The “Great Green Wall” Didn't Stop Desertification, but it Evolved Into ...

The “Great Green Wall” Didn't Stop Desertification,...

Smithsonian Magazine

Can You Put A Price Tag On Nature? Actually, Yes | Science ...

Can You Put A Price Tag On Nature? Actually, Yes | ...

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Flooding Hot Spots: Why Seas Are Rising Faster on the U.S. East Coast

Seen from a pedestrian footbridge overlooking Myrtle Park — a sliver of land that Norfolk, Virginia is allowing to revert to wetlands — the panorama of surrounding homes illustrates the accelerating sea level rise that has beleaguered this neighborhood along the Lafayette River.

A grey house, among the first raised in the area, is slightly elevated on cinderblocks, standing 2 feet off the ground. Nearby, owners of a white-sided house with black shutters have lifted their dwelling about 4 feet...

Glass Quarterly Hot Sheet

Command Performance: Glass on the World Stage

Charlotte Potter, the glass studio's manager and programming director, created these Third Thursdays. They marry the magic of glass making, the hypnotic appeal of the campfire and a touch of Warholian whimsy set to music.

Smithsonian Magazine

Could Vitamin C Be the Cure for Deadly Infections? | Science | Smithsonian

The next morning, Marik came in to discover Hobbs alive and already off the medication supporting her blood pressure. Three days later, she went home. "You say, wow, what just happened?" Marik recalls. If the vitamin C protocol really did cure her, the consequences would be profound. Still, he thought, it might have been a fluke.

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Did Deforestation Contribute to Zika's Spread? | Science | Smithsonian

Did Deforestation Contribute to Zika's Spre...

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Fired With Finesse

How North Carolina potters revived a tradition. Published in Smithsonian magazine.

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The Wild Kingdom

Zambia provides a unique opportunity for walking safaris and uncrowded viewing.

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Smithsonian Magazine

Living Bacteria Are Riding Earth's Air Currents

The high-flying microbes can travel across the globe, spreading disease or even changing climates...

Smithsonian Magazine

Are Craft Breweries the Next Coffeehouses?

Craft breweries across the country have become schmooze central, a modern-day evolution of the British pub and the colonial tavern. In a decade, their number has grown to more than 5,300 from 1,500. They are the evening analog to the third place of the morning, the coffeehouse.

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Rounding Home

How David Wright, B.J. Upton and Justin Upton were groomed for the major leagues.

Smithsonian Magazine

The True Story of the Monuments Men

Without the work of these curators and professors, tens of thousands of priceless works of art would have been lost to the world forever...