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Guest blogger and Portrait Gallery historian Amy Henderson discusses Louis Armstrong and the meaning of stardom
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New data show that nearly 35 years after their launches, NASA's Voyager probes are now at the outermost reaches of the solar system
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It takes $6,000 to shoot a leopard in Botswana. For $1,200, you can shoot a crocodile. Short on cash? There's always baboons, which go for $200 a pop
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The spinosaur, apparently the first confirmed in Asia, had a wavy sail that dipped downwards at the hips, creating the appearance of two smaller sails
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Jeopardy's annual "Power Players" show airs this week, pitting journalists, pundits and newsmakers against each other
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More than 20 years before the iPad, an entrepreneur saw the potential of interactive, digital magazines
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Long before hops cones were used to make beer bitter, hops shoots were eaten as a spring green
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The violent dinosaur documentary once known as Dinosaur Revolution gains new life in movie theaters
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Most chimpanzees build tree nests when it's time to go to bed, but some prefer sleeping on the ground; the same was probably true for early hominids
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A group of big-name tech billionaires wants to open up a new frontier in space--mining space rocks
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From a whale song to a kiss, the time capsule sent into space in 1977 had some interesting contents
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Even the earliest films had something to say about the state of the planet
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An official ceremony and a weekend of space-shuttle activities welcome Discovery to its new home
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The author of our May article about the country's best small towns was pleased to find that lots of small towns are thriving
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Earlier this week, a NASA telescope captured one of the most stunning solar flares in years
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You know it had to happen eventually: Dinosaurs chomp aliens in forthcoming graphic novel
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If the crowd-funding spike for the Pebble smart watch is any indication, wearable tech is about to go mainstream
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Close by the Mormon colony of Colonia Dublan is an unlikely tourist attraction: the small hilltop where the legendary Apache leader exacted his revenge
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"It's the most exhilarating thing I've ever done," says filmmaker Bradley Beesley, whose documentaries have popularized the ancient art of noodling
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