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Over the past three years, tourists have pulled more than 1,000 precious stones from the ground at Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas.

The Curious Case of the Arkansas Diamonds

In a state park full of amateur diamond miners, one prospector dug up a valuable stone worth thousands of dollars—or did he?

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UPDATED: Iconic Obama Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The Devil's Food Dictionary

Book Worth a Look: The Devil's Food Dictionary

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Does Rugby Predict Pope's Doom?

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At the Hirshhorn, Crouching Spider, Hidden Meaning?

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The Tell-Tale Armor

The artist, Robert Anderson of Darien, Connecticut, was a Yale classmate of President George W. Bush (above, detail).

George W. Bush's Portrait at National Portrait Gallery

The official portrait of the 43rd president, striking a relaxed pose, enters the Smithsonian collections

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Cochineal Coloring: Is That a Bug in Your Food?

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Astronomer Explains Consequences of a More Massive Milky Way

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Scrubbing with Dinosaurs

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Around the Web: New Yorker Photographers on National Portrait Gallery Subjects

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Should Sugar Be a Controlled Substance?

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Dinos Alive Tour

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Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs

The golf course would seem to be a quiet and peaceful place, so why did an audiologist recommend that some golfers wear earplugs?

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Could Science Education Be a Victim of the Recession?

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Inauguration History

Behind Inaugural Speeches, Meaningful Words

What words do presidents focus on most in their inaugural addresses? Explore speeches, from Washington to Obama

Hysterical Men by Mark Micale.

History of the Hysterical Man

Doctors once thought that only women suffered from hysteria, but a medical historian says that men were always just as susceptible

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Smithsonian Events Week of 1/5-1/11: Bette Davis and George W. Bush

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A Giant Winged Platypus?

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Picture of the Week—Great Barrier Reef

When I visited friends in Australia earlier this year, I made visiting the Great Barrier Reef a priority

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