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The early 20th-century photograph of Empress Dowager Cixi captures political spin, Qing dynasty-style
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Did Zoo Animals Anticipate the August East Coast Earthquake?
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A new major retrospective recounts the artist's seven-decade career and never-ending experimentation
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John Howard Griffin gave readers an unflinching view of the Jim Crow South. How has his book held up?
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Threats of identity theft prompt personal questions that can stymie the best of us
And things of beauty
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While the generals on both sides deliberated, troops in blue and gray fidgeted
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The physicist's dedication to science made it difficult for outsiders to understand her, but a century after her second Nobel prize, she gets a second look
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An astrophysicist and a conservation biologist each receive one of the highest honors in science
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One appeared on the very top of one of the highest fingers and grasped the tip in what appeared to be a moment of victory: King of the Hill
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The newest additions to the Zoo's red panda family are named for the stormy night they were born
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A visit to Munich meant a pilgrimage to the paleontology museum
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Sharpen your cooking skills, get a culinary degree, learn to write about food or feed your inner geek with these courses
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Polls are open. The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum wants you to weigh in
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A million-dollar restoration will help introduce the Oscar-winning film to a new audience
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Lap-swimming in Paris takes cultural openness and skimpy bathing attire
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Hirshhorn curator Evelyn Hankins discusses the new Warhol show, on view through January 15, 2012
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Feathered dinosaurs do have feathers, and the cannibalism storyline is solid, but it's a shame to see venomous Sinornithosaurus and the "dino gangs" trap
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We're moving closer to the day when flying robots will make decisions on their own
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