Uncovering the Terra Cotta Soldiers
A curator from the Houston Museum of Natural Science explains how the terra cotta warriors were discovered and what they reveal about China’s Qin dynasty
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Nikita Khrushchev's Great American Tour
As part of a diplomatic mission, Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled across the United States, meeting Americans from New York to Iowa to California
Counting Down for the Liftoff to the Moon
Photographer David Burnett focused his camera on the many tourists who flocked to Florida in 1969 to watch the launch of Apollo 11
A Navy Plebe Re-Meets His Match
Photojournalist Lucian Perkins reunites Naval Academy graduates Sandee Irwin and Don Holcomb, 30 years after his photo captured the new gender dynamics at the school
Volvox Dancing the "Minuet" and the "Waltz"
Single-celled algae colonies cross-fertilize in two different types of movement
Zooming in on Ants
Biologist and videographer Mark Moffett’s footage of ants gets up close and personal with the leaf-cutter species of the insect
Bobbing to the Backstreet Boys
Snowball the cockatoo bobs his head and lifts his leg to the beats of the Backstreet Boys' "Everbody"
Deploying the Wave Energy Buoy
See a prototype of a wave energy buoy bob up and down on the water’s surface as researchers from Oregon State University study its efficacy
The Historic Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires
Take in the sights and sounds of the European influences of Argentina’s capital city
Face to Face with Ants
Smithsonian entomologists are using detailed photo of ant faces to understand the differences among the 12,000 species
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