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Smithsonian's 2012 American Ingenuity Award Winners
Meet the nine winners, recognized for their groundbreaking achievements in science, technology, art and scholarship
Jack Andraka, the Teen Prodigy of Pancreatic Cancer
A high school sophomore won the youth achievement Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for inventing a new method to detect a lethal cancer
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Thomas Dolby
Musician, Producer & Director
May 20, 2013
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Apollo 11 Astronaut
May 20, 2013
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Director of Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program
May 20, 2013
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New York University Neuroscientist, Biomedical Engineer & Entrepreneur
May 20, 2013
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Solar Astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
May 20, 2013
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Director of the National Museum of Natural History
May 20, 2013
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NASA Earth Scientist
May 20, 2013
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Ocean Explorer
May 20, 2013
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Materials Scientist & Engineer, Smithsonian's Museum Conservation Institute
May 20, 2013
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Mathematician, Computer Scientist & President of Harvey Mudd College
May 20, 2013
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Curator of Fossil Marine Mammals at National Museum of Natural History
May 20, 2013
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Nobel Laureate and Senior Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope
May 20, 2013
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Chief Veterinarian at the National Zoo
May 20, 2013
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Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute
May 20, 2013
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A new book from best-selling author Jared Diamond tells us how we can learn a lot from people who live like most of us did 11,000 years ago
December 26, 2012
| By Amy Crawford
The Brazilian government’s bold efforts to clean up the city’s notoriously dangerous favelas is giving hope to people who live there
January 2013
| By Joshua Hammer
Sebastian Thrun, winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for education takes is redefining the modern classroom
December 2012
| By Tom Vanderbilt
Bryan Stevenson, the winner of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award in social justice, has taken his fight all the way to the Supreme Court
December 2012
| By Chris Hedges
Local politics take a dramatic turn in southern California over a plan to clean up an iconic American playground
November 2012
| By Claire Martin
Photographer Zed Nelson traveled the world documenting how body improvement has practically become a new religion
October 2012
| By Joseph Stromberg
A relic from the Cold War, this instrument of death gets a new life … and a new look
October 15, 2012
| By Lisa Bramen
Is the mooncake just going through a phase or are these new variations on the Chinese treat here to stay?
October 02, 2012
| By Mike Ives
Salman Khan, a rising star in the education world, has a vision for a new kind of classroom
October 01, 2012
| By Megan Gambino
The Nobel Peace Prize winner talks about the secret weapon in her decades of struggle—the power of Buddhism
September 2012
| By Joshua Hammer
In Kyrgyzstan, traditional horse games offer a glimpse into Central Asia’s nomadic past
August 09, 2012
| By Mike Ives
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