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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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Boxes: A Lesson in Maintenance

October 2008 | By Stanley Crawford

Kawah Ijen, which contains one of the world’s largest hot acidic crater lakes.

Fire and Brimstone

A long-outdated approach to sulfur mining sends hundreds of Javanese workers deep into the crater of an active volcano
December 2001 | By John F. Ross

Magical Mystery Tour

In 1964 a psychedelic placard heralded the arrival of counterculture guru Ken Kesey and his entourage to America's cities
June 2004 | By Owen Edwards

People & Places

Read about more inspiring individuals
July 30, 2008 | By Smithsonian magazine

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Let Me Be Franc

A Look Back for Quebec City’s 400th
July 01, 2008 | By Marina Koestler Ruben

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Notable American Destinations and Happenings
June 2008 | By Melissa Gaskill, Michael Morain, Bob Wyss, Mariana Gosnell and Chris Granstrom

Crowd Pleasers

Too good to be true?
June 2008 | By Carey Winfrey

Journalists Injured on Assignment

Raffaele Reports on His Recovery
May 20, 2008 | By Smithsonian.com

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The Morning After

My transition from senior to citizen
May 2008 | By Ben Conniff

The Fog Lifts

As it always does, given enough time
May 2008 | By Carey Winfrey

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Inside Cape Town

Tourists are flocking to the city, but a former resident explains how the legacy of apartheid lingers
April 2008 | By Joshua Hammer

Roger Bossard

The Sodfather

Major-league teams are turning to third-generation groundskeeper Roger Bossard to give them a winning edge
April 2008 | By Mike Thomas

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Tomatoes in the Bullpen

Surprising trivia about America's beloved baseball fields
April 01, 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

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Points of Interest

Notable American Destinations and Happenings
April 2008 | By David Zax, Wendee Holtcamp and Jennifer Moses

Tips from the Top

The Roger Bossard way to great grass
April 2008 | By Mike Thomas

Gary Hart facing the press corps in New Hampshire, 1987

"Those Aren't Rumors"

Two decades ago an anonymous telephone call sank Gary Hart's presidential campaign—and rewrote the rules of political reporting
April 2008 | By Dick Polman

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Doug Fine, Journalist, New Mexico

How an ambitious experiment in ecological living led to a goat pen
March 2008 | By Amanda Bensen

Year of the Rat

Celebrating Chinese New Year
February 07, 2008 | By Chai Woodham

On the Job

A lobsterman in Maine talks about the lure of working on the water
January 17, 2008 | By Siobhan Roth

Simon Doonan, creative director of Barney’s New York, designed "Rudolph the Recycling Reindeer” out of thousands of recycled aluminum cans and bottle caps as part of Barney’s 2007 "Have a Green Holiday” theme.

For Hire: Holiday Window Designer

Decking the halls with Barney’s creative director Simon Doonan
December 06, 2007 | By Nicole Wroten

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Julia Child's recipe
November 26, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

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