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The formidable hand claw of Dryptosaurus

Dryptosaurus’ Surprising Hands

This enigmatic tyrannosauroid may have had the novel combination of short arms with big hands

Foodies have a special relationship with their kitchen.

Inviting Writing: What’s Your Relationship to Your Kitchen?

Tell us a true, original story. Is your kitchen your laboratory, your sanctuary, your prison, your playroom?

Naked mole rats from the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo

14 Fun Facts About Naked Mole Rats

Number 11: A mole rat's incisors can be moved independently and can even work together like a pair of chopsticks

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July 11: Today’s Events for the Last Day of the Folklife Festival

Make the most of the last events by trying Amazonian tucupí broth, made of scalded cassava, or try your hand at the tango

A 1941 Goddard Rocket on display in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the National Mall building.

Events Post July 11-15: ExplorAsia, Addy’s World, the Goddard 1940/41 Rocket, Al Najoom and Hubble 3D

Keith Hampton, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, is starting to poke holes in the theory that technology has weakened our relationships.

How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings

Sociologist Keith Hampton believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways

A visitor samples southeast Asian food at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 10: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

An abstract sculpture representing Colombian urban buildings at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 9: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

The author riding in the Stearman with pilot Matt Quy.

Up in the Sky! Tuskegee Airmen Plane Barnstorms Into the Smithsonian Collections

The Stearman biplane will be put on display when the museum opens on the Mall in 2015 and will remain a vivid, perpetual tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen

Humpback whale female with cooperating males around her. She just slapped her pectoral on the surface which caused the bubbles.

Flip Nicklin, Whale Photographer Extraordinaire, Tells Tales at the Ripley Center

Flip Nicklin, one of the world's leading whale photographers, shares stories from his career at the Ripley Center for a Smithsonian Associates event

Visitors and artists interact under the guadua (bamboo) tents in the Colombia program area.

Cooking With Colombian Beans

There are endless variations on frijoles, and each family has its own distinctive recipe

Kentrosaurus readies itself for an attack by an Allosaurus

Kentrosaurus Had a Formidable Swing

The space shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff.

Quirkiest Space Shuttle Science

As the space shuttle program ends, a salute to some of its most surprising studies

Presenters discuss the Peace Corps at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 8: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

This morning, learn a thing or two about improvisation at the El Rumbiadero stage or immerse yourself in the culture of Colombia’s coffee region

Rhinos and pigs wallow and coat themselves in mud, which protects them from the sun and helps to keep moisture in their skin.

Ask an Expert: Do Animals Get Sunburned?

Staffers at the National Zoo clue us in to how animals like elephants and hippos protect themselves from harmful UV rays

The Air and Space Museum will be broadcasting live the last launch of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program on Friday.

Weekend Events July 8-10: Space Shuttles, the Nationals and Assassins

Watch the last space shuttle liftoff, take part in Nationals Baseball Family Day and take a peek into the Made in Hong Kong Film Festival

Eyjafjallajökull

What’s the Most Dangerous Country?

Iceland is pretty much the least habitable of all the places that people have inhabited. But visiting it is like hiking through a geology textbook

Chuck Brown performs at the DC Vote Rally June 9, 2011

Go-Go at the Anacostia Museum this Saturday

Ask Your Questions about Fossilized Colors

Just a quick note that Science magazine's website is running a live chat this afternoon at 3:00 about new techniques to reveal color in fossils

Cafe Mai's cup of ca phe cut chon.

Weasel Coffee: You’re Going to Drink What?

I was looking forward to another great-tasting coffee experience—until I found out that "cut chon" is Vietnamese for "civet cat dung"

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