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Friday, October 31, 2008

Making a Difference

A cool collection of articles from The Smithsonian Magazine.


Inspiring individuals in the fields of science, arts, culture and human behavior are regular subjects of Smithsonian magazine and Smithsonian.com. Around the world, these men and women are making a difference in the ways we think and live.

From ideas for greener living to the preservation of storied neighborhoods, their ideas and accomplishments challenge all of us look at the world around us and imagine what change can accomplish.

Paul Polak

Paul Polak

Escaping Poverty

The social entrepreneur advocates helping the world's poorest people, one tool at a time.

Wallace Broecker

Wallace Broecker

A Fix for Climate Change

The geochemist proposes a solution to global warming: CO2 "scrubbers"

Termite digestion of wood pulp

Falk Warnecke

Termite Bellies and Biofuels

Research into termite digestion may hold solutions to our energy crisis

Dean and Jim Thomas at the Gettysburg Battlefield

Dean Thomas

To Catch a Thief

A Civil War buff's chance discovery leads to a sting, a raid and a victory against traffickers in stolen historical documents

Nazis swept across Europe scooping up paintings and other booty, which they shipped to Germany. (An American soldier guards looted goods in 1945 in an Ellingen, Germany, church.)

Col. Matthew Bodanos

Recovering a Nation's Treasures

The fast-thinking Marine officer improvised an investigation of the pillaging of Baghdad's Iraq Museum—and helped recover thousands of stolen antiquities

Laurie Marker

Laurie Marker

Rare Breed

Can the director of the Cheetah Conservation Fund help the world's fastest mammal outrun its fate?


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