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March 2023
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![Opener - Íris Dröfn Guðmundsdóttir (left) and her cousin Anton Ingi Eiríksson release pufflings from the Hamarinn sea cliff on the Icelandic island of Heimaey.](jpg/mar2023_e05_puffins-3.jpg)
Make Way for Pufflings
Kids and senior citizens alike rally to rescue beloved young seabirds that have lost their bearings
![a woman veteran rolling in her wheel chair receives a standing ovation from military veterans](jpg/mar2023_j12_6888postalunit.jpg)
Message Received
Glory goes to the Six Triple Eight, who overcame discrimination from fellow service members and are finally getting the recognition they earned
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Re-Greening the Desert
With a new state-of-the-art irrigation project, Arizona’s Pima Indians are transforming their land into what it once was: the granary of the Southwest
![marine iguana](jpg/mar2023_c01_edangeredmarineiguana.jpg)
The Swimming Iguana
This quirky icon of evolution faces a rocky future
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Life Among the Ruins
Thanks to a few horticulturalists with an eye for history, a garden lost to time peeks out from the creeping vines
Departments
Breaking Ground
The iconic building on the National Mall will be closed for five years as its interior gets a highly anticipated makeover
Barging Ahead
The waterway opened up the heartland to trade, transforming small hamlets into industrial centers
Along for the Ride
Taken a half-century ago, her images strike a contemporary pose
Monkeying Around
A century ago, a Princeton mathematician created what would become a mainstay of the American playground
The Vienna Agent
When the fascists took power in Austria, Muriel Gardiner helped refugees and others in need, and never stopped
Untangling the Alphabet
A curious new find yields clues to the origins of the alphabet
A Life of Discovery
A look through a historic microscope helps explain what we all owe the Nobel Prize-winning scientist
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