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What's Missing?

The link bracelet is an important piece for a collector necessary even. Here's when that happened and where you fit in.

Reggio Empire

An Italian dynasty built a giant of quiet luxury. Its third generation intends to keep things strictly in la famiglia.

AUTUMN CHIC

Dress up a basic wreath with a mix of dried faux foliage and blooms-think oak leaf branches, bittersweet branches, strawflowers and more.

Prince Harry

When I met Harry in Malawi in the summer of 2016, he was moving elephants.

What's Your Next MOVE?

That depends on whether you know yourself as well as you think you do. Read on to discover whether you are still the same person you were years ago when you were on the START square.

We Have Options

Good jewelry changes you. Sometimes it will also change with you literally.

They Can See RIGHT TIIROUGH YOU

Why all the cool kids are getting full-body MRIS.

When You're Here You're FAMILY

Stop scrolling. Maybe the beauty community you're looking for is in your back yard.

Dolly Does It Again!

The Leading Lady of Country earns the Good Housekeeping Seal-again- for her first foray into rock music.

Darren Walker

How many boldfaced names emerge from the nonprofit sector? One. That's because the Ford Foundation president is a prophet who speaks truth to our world's most troubling demons in a manner that unites and inspires all kinds. His friend and collaborator Laurene Powell Jobs finds out what makes him tick.

Life lessons FROM A DOG NAMED Friday

Bonnie Garmus, author of the best-selling book-turned-TV-series Lessons in Chemistry, shares the unexpected joys a beloved pet brought her family.

For the Love of Reading

Jenna Bush Hager, cohost of Today With Hoda Jenna and founder of Read With Jenna, talks kids and books.

JUST SAY NO

Ask and ye shall receive. But even major donors have their limits. A guide to the polite decline.

The Gift of Fragrance

Take the guesswork out of picking the perfect present for someone special (or yourself!) with showstopping scents that are sure to make spirits bright. Turn the page for more - and just add a bow!

The Greatest Gift

For years, Stephanie and Mike Lanzerotti struggled to have a baby. When friends stepped in with an unexpected offer, the two couples became more like family.

CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

THE Forget everything you know about Southern interiors. In the hands of a globetrotting designer, a historic Louisville house reflects the true colors of its philanthropic owners.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

\"I'll give back\" is the new favorite motto of the legendary actor and former governor of California. And, as he tells renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés, no problem-from immigration to climate change to threats to our very democracy is too heavy a lift.

Charlize Theron

She has won an Oscar for her work onscreen, but there's no role more important to the South Africa-born actress than advocate for health and human rights at home.

A Decade of Doing Good

Ever since the Gilded Age, this magazine has been covering not only the but its more noble pursuits. Often these take the form of philanthropic support for everything from education to the arts to scientific advancement.

American Pie

Coast to coast, we are a pie loving people and never more ardently than on Thanksgiving. This year, we took a tour through community cookbooks and explored local ingredients to find inspiration for new takes on regional specialties. Hop in for our holiday road trip in pie form.

Are plants aware of themselves?

Sure, scientists noticed one of my special skills. But most people are still overlooking my epic poetry.

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION EXPERT

REDUCING AIRPLANES' CARBON EMISSIONS

Two Brothers From Ohio

Most people do not realize that the Wright brothers—Wilbur, born in 1867, and Orville, born in 1871—performed various scientific experiments before inventing their aircraft. For as long as anyone in their hometown of Dayton, Ohio, could remember, the Wright boys had worked on mechanical projects.

THE TROUBLE WITH TRANSPORTERS

Quantum teleportation has been achieved. But can it work for people?

THE FORMULA FOR FLYING

Want to fly? Then you must balance these four forces.

THE IDEA MEN

People dreamed of flying thousands of years before the Wright brothers found success near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. These dreamers, such as Leonardo da Vinci, studied birds flying and imagined how humans might do the same—if only they had wings. Other men developed a more hands-on approach to the topic. Early inventors made wings of cloth, glue, and feathers and tied these creations to their arms in an attempt to imitate nature.

A Helping Hand

May 6, 1896. A group of people who had gathered beside the Potomac River, just south of the U.S. capital, grew quiet. Then, it erupted in cheers as a small, unmanned aircraft took to the skies and flew for more than half a mile. The flight came seven years before the Wright brothers’ first manned, powered flight. The inventor of the aircraft was Dr. Samuel Pierpont Langley.

Silken Wings

Seven hundred years before the Wright brothers began experimenting with human flight, the Chinese had already mastered its secrets—with kites.

PTERO-SOAR

Tomorrow's High-Tech Aircraft May Use Secrets From the Days of the Dinosaurs!

GROWTH OF AN INDUSTRY

After their historic flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright returned to Dayton, Ohio. They spent the next few years making adjustments and building additional versions of their powered aircraft in their bicycle shop.