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Martha Stewart

Martha Stewart Entertains at the Smithsonian

Marc Pachter, of the NMAH, will be interviewing the queen of domesticity this Thursday night. But we had a few words with her first

These 125,000-year-old stone tools were found in the United Arab Emirates.

Taking a Southern Route Out of Africa

In an episode of "The Simpsons," Professor Frink, left, demonstrates his latest creation: a sarcasm detector.

The Science of Sarcasm? Yeah, Right

How do humans separate sarcasm from sincerity? Research on the subject is leading to insights about how the mind works. Really

One of the introductory classes in Let There Be Light.

Saluting Veterans in Film

Veterans have generally been treated with dignity and respect in Hollywood films, but there are always the exceptions

Although Christians and Muslims joined in protests against Mubarak, shown here in Cairo's Tahrir Square this past February, violence against the Copts escalated soon after the regime fell.

A New Crisis for Egypt's Copts

The toppling of Egypt's government has led to a renewal of violence against the nation's Christian minority

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Weekend Events Nov. 11-14: Without Fear, Vicky Leyva, and Bach to the Future

This weekend, see a Russian film classic, get a taste of Afro-Peruvian rhythms, and listen to a pianist's new take on the classics

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Montana’s “Dueling Dinosaurs”

Did a recently discovered pair of dinosaurs die at each other's throats?

Luncheon of the Boating Party (1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Where’s the Lunch? Looking at Renoir’s Luncheon of the Boating Party

"It's like a painting about the most perfect meal that ever was—but you can't tell what most of it was," says a Phillips Collection curator

Marc Bloch: Historian. French Resistance leader. Hero.

History Heroes: Marc Bloch

Scholar created a whole new way of looking at history, but found time to fight in two World Wars–latterly, aged 60, as a leader of the French Resistance

Laetitia Plaisance searches for crustaceans in a piece of dead coral.

Corals Crawling With Crustaceans

Smithsonian scientist Laetitia Plaisance talks about her recent study and its finding that coral reefs support even more biodiversity that we thought

Wild camping is first-class lodging in rural Turkey, where dinner is had in bed and nights are passed beneath the stars.

Zen and the Art of Sleeping Anywhere

By camping wild, we bypass unloading the luggage, taking off our shoes at the doorstep, and all the other logistics of dwelling in a well-groomed society

Many of us long to leave the cubicle farm, even for a day or two each week

Examining Telecommuting the Scientific Way

A trial at a company in China finds telecommuting workers are more productive than their counterparts in the office

Honda's Asimo robot

Robots Get the Human Touch

Robots are able to do a lot of things. But now they're taking on the biggest challenge of all: Figuring out how humans work

United States World War I soldiers reading in the War Library Service section of the Red Cross building at Walter Reed Hospital.

World War I: 100 Years Later

Five Books on World War I

Military history, memoir, and even a novelized series make this list of can’t-miss books about the Great War

A reconstruction of Utahraptor at the Museum of Ancient Life. The Utahraptor #GRAWR joke has been the most popular of the lot so far.

GRAWR! Dinosaurs As They Never Were

Frustrated by disappointing dinosaur facts, one blogger decides to create some of his own

Elvis at 21: Presley reads fan mail on March 17, 1956

Amy Henderson: The Medium is the Message

The Portrait Gallery's Cultural Historian Amy Henderson discusses the museum's vision—to tell America's stories as "visual biography"

Her Nephews from Labrador, a 1913 Thanhouser film.

More Free Streaming Video Sites

Watch films ranging from Chinese cartoons to deadly sharks on these free resources for online movies and shorts

"...roads jammed by frantic survivors, blocking entry of rescue teams."

Would You Pass the Panic-Proof Test?

If an atomic bomb drops on your house, a civil defense official advises: "Get over it."

A reconstruction of a Neanderthal, which was named after Germany’s Neander Valley

A Hominid Dictionary

Hominids have complicated names, but their scientific monikers are less mysterious when their Latin, Greek and African roots are decoded

The olive bar at Salisbury Market

Salisbury’s Medieval Market

The open-air market began in the early 1200s, when what we now call “farmers’ markets” were merely “markets” and “eating local” was merely “eating”

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