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Hawaii-based journalist Christopher Pala has traveled the world covering various topics and is also the author of, The Oddest Place on Earth: Rediscovering the North Pole

Christopher Pala on "Victory at Sea"

An Aztec figurine holds a cacao pod

Globalization: Good for Local Cuisines?

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Recent History: Michael Phelps at the Portrait Gallery

One of the heroes of the 2008 Olympic Games now hangs from the wall of the National Portrait Gallery

The view from the back of the grotto looking toward the Colorado River during a Moab Music Festival concert

At Moab, Music Among the Red Rocks

The Moab Music Festival features world-class music in an unparalleled natural setting

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The Universe Has Its Secrets; We've Got Science Rap

Brooklyn Museum of Art vs. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) by Tom Vanderbilt examines traffic science and psychology

The Truth About Traffic

Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix

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Fear and Loathing in Hong Kong: the Freer Screens Classic Foreign Films

Another warm Washington DC summer, another Made in Hong Kong Film Festival, the Freer Gallery’s 13th annual celebration of Hong Kong

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Pesticide Resistance: Harder Than It Looks

Piccolo Lagazuoi as seen from Cinque Torre, an Italian position overlooking the front line

Climbing the Via Ferrata

In Italy’s Dolomites, a Hike Through World War I History

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Call the Queen: It's Teatime at the Freer

Drinking tea is a serious business

A Bright Spot in van Gogh's Starry Night

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Public Punk'd by Panda: Mei Xiang is NOT Pregnant!

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Portraits Come Alive at National Portrait Gallery

Mushroom-Cloud Spicy: The Link Between Fiery Foods and Fungi

The Tragedy of Lucretia, Sandro Botticelli, ca. 1500-1501

Botticelli Comes Ashore

With the purchase of Botticelli’s Death of Lucretia, Isabella Stewart Gardner took American collecting in a new direction

Author of Old Masters, New World Cynthia Saltzman

Q&A: Cynthia Saltzman

The author of Old Masters, New World discusses how 19th century American collectors acquired European masterpieces

Galileo

Galileo, Reconsidered

The first biography of Galileo Galilei resurfaces and offers a new theory as to why the astronomer was put on trial

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At the National Zoo, Guess Who

We were born on July 17th at the Smithsonian's National Zoo

The Fresco Fiasco: Smithsonian Scientists Examine the Capitol's Art

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