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The details are what separate a good outfit from an amazing one. The images in the Biodiversity Heritage Library can help you make the leap
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Sexy or scary, the outfit has cast a spell on costume wearers going back many years
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A rigorous experiment compared pumpkin-carving tools to determine the safest way to carve a pumpkin
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I'm pleased to announce the winner of the Smithsonian's Great American History Puzzle
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Much to our chagrin, Rosey did not make it. But who did?
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The exhibit includes newspaper clippings, photographs and the last known images of each of the featured works
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The shoulder blades of a 3.3-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis child suggest the species spent at least some time in the treetops
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A trio of feathered dinosaurs tests a longstanding hypothesis and hint that there may be more feathered dinosaur fossils than anyone ever expected
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Vast stores of methane hydrates off the US east coast are thawing out, but what this means is still up in the air
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In the fall of 1975 President Gerald Ford survived two assassination attempts and a car accident. Then his life got really complicated
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This weekend, trick or treat your way through the Zoo, take a trip to the remote Russian Chukchi community and pick up some crafted fashions
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Scientists have found ultrathin multicellular bacteria that create electrical circuits several centimeters long
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Is it ever ok for us to bend the rules or cheat in order to achieve a greater good, or to support those who do?
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After a legal tug-of-war, Hershey's secured a trademark for the structural design of their classic chocolate bar
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Paleontologists have known about Heterodontosaurus for decades, but a new restoration of the dinosaur shows just how freaky it was
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A nascent hurricane in the Caribbean could bring flooding and high winds to the East Coast—or could take a turn and head out to sea
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Politicians and parties may flip-flop but for more than 100 years, the political iconography of the Democratic donkey and the Republican elephant has remained unchanged
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A computer simulation supports the idea that grandmothers helped our species evolve social skills and longer lives
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Today the area is often perceived as a murky and dangerous blur on the map. But how unsafe, really, is this area for tourists?
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