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Endangered Ocean Creatures Beyond the Cute and Cuddly
Marine species threatened with extinction aren't just whales, seals and turtles--they include fish, corals, mollusks, birds, and a lone seagrass
May 17, 2013
| By Emily Frost
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Behind the Scenes in the Smithsonian Regents’ Room
Explore a room in the Smithsonian Castle with a curious history that includes fire and destruction, séances for skeptics and even a skeleton in the closet
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The Past, Present, and Future of the Cuckoo Clock
From Orson Welles to Twitter, a look into the classic time-telling relic from your grandparents' attic
May 17, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
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Earthworms in Your Garden May Help Prevent Invasive Slugs from Devouring Plants
In the lab, the presence of earthworms can reduce the number of leaves damaged by slugs by 60 percent, a new study finds
May 16, 2013
| By Mohi Kumar
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The National Automated Highway System That Almost Was
In 1991, Congress authorized $650 million to develop the technology that would make driverless cars a reality
May 16, 2013
| By Matt Novak
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Will the Real Great Gatsby Please Stand Up?
F. Scott Fitzgerald couldn’t resist putting his own life into his novels, but where’s the line between truth and fiction?
May 07, 2013
| By Sarah Laskow
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Air and Space Curator Margaret Weitekamp Explains Why ‘Star Trek’ Matters
With the release of the 12th Star Trek film, curator Margaret Weitekamp explains why the franchise is so influential
May 15, 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
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Interactive: The 50 Largest Ports in the World
Investigate for yourself the mechanisms of global trade
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Solving an Alligator Mystery May Help Humans Regrow Lost Teeth
A gator can replace all of its teeth up to 50 times--learning what triggers these new teeth to grow may someday keep us from needing dentures
May 13, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
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Where’d You Get Those Creepers?
The platform-soled, punk-style shoes have celebrated the 'Teddy Boy' spirit since the late 1940s
May 16, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
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When Heineken Bottles Were Square
In 1963, Alfred Heineken created a beer bottle that could also function as a brick to build houses in impoverished countries.
May 15, 2013
| By K. Annabelle Smith
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We Had No Idea What Alexander Graham Bell Sounded Like. Until Now
Smithsonian researchers used optical technology to play back the unplayable records
May 2013 Issue
| By Charlotte Gray
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The True Story of the Battle of Bunker Hill
Nathaniel Philbrick takes on one of the Revolutionary War’s most famous and least understood battles
May 2013 Issue
| By Tony Horwitz
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8 Famous People Who Missed the Lusitania
For one reason or another, these lucky souls never boarded the doomed ship whose sinking launched America's involvement in WWI
May 02, 2013
| By Greg Daugherty
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Slave Cabin Set to Become Centerpiece of New Smithsonian Museum
A slave cabin from a South Carolina plantation is being shipped to Washington, DC to be featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 13, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
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Never Underestimate the Power of a Paint Tube
Without this simple invention, impressionists such as Claude Monet wouldn’t have been able to create their works of genius
May 2013 Issue
| By Perry Hurt
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The Revolutionary Effect of the Paperback Book
This simple innovation transformed the reading habits of an entire nation
May 2013 Issue
| By Clive Thompson
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The Very Model of a Modern Major STEM School
As science and math-focused campuses multiply around the country, Denver’s School of Science and Technology is solving the equation for what makes a STEM school great
April 15, 2013
| By Rachel Cernansky
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Life in the City Is Essentially One Giant Math Problem
Experts in the emerging field of quantitative urbanism believe that many aspects of modern cities can be reduced to mathematical formulas
May 2013 Issue
| By Jerry Adler
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