Articles

A carpet of moss.

Ancient, Doomed "Iceman" Had Been Eating Mosses

Scientists found six species of moss in the stomach of the famous five thousand-year-old glacier mummy

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Smithsonian Events Week of December 8-14

The Madonna’s dress was of the costumes most severally damaged by the poor lighting in the barn, which faded the color of her gown from pink to white. The restorer’s solution was not to discard the original dress, but instead to reverse it, so that the gown’s back is now its front.

A Creche Reborn

In rural Connecticut, a 300-year-old nativity scene is brought back to life by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Before Email, There Was V-mail

A history of the method used to transmit letters during World War II

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R.I.P., H.M., Memory's Most Famous Initials

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Why Is Minnesota's Recount Doomed?

Charles Seife wrote an op-ed for yesterday's New York Times about the recount in Minnesota, which seems like it ought to be a simple problem but isn't

Happy Repeal Day!

Cheers! Today marks the 75th anniversary of the US government changing its mind about Prohibition

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The International Dinosaur Illustration Contest

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Art Market at National Museum of the American Indian

Picture of the Week—Diatoms or Modern Art?

Michael Stringer of Westcliff-on-Sea, England won the 2008 Nikon Small world Photomicrography Competition earlier this year with the image below

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Picture of the Week--Diatoms or Modern Art?

Nutritional supplements.

Vitamins: Friend or Foe?

The truth to vitamin supplements

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Facial Expressions Electrified

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Udvar-Hazy's Six Million Dollar Day

Fundraising effort starts "Phase II" construction on the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

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Dinosaur Death Trap

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Smithsonian Says Goodbye to Odetta

A look back on the performer's life

The Bagpiper, 1624

Couldn't Eat Another Bite - But Why?

The reason we feel full while eating

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Primatologist’s Prison Sentence Commuted

Primatologist and Amazon adventurer Marc van Roosmalen was convicted last year in Brazil of illegal wildlife trafficking and theft of government property

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Sackler Exhibit Spills the Secrets of Yoga

Dinosaur National Monument

Blog Carnival Edition #2, Part 2

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