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Scientists and community members in Altadena are testing ways that California species can assist efforts to rebuild
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To mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding on July 4, 1776, Smithsonian magazine is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped the United States’ fight for independence from Great Britain
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Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet the magazine’s journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.
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Published 75 years ago, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” tells the story of four children who are evacuated from London during the Blitz
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After multiple dusky sharks killed a swimmer off Israel’s coast this year, scientists investigated what might have triggered the attack in hopes of preventing similar incidents
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Engineers are turning to animal origami, from insects that tuck away wings to a protist with an accordion-like neck, for design help
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The popularity of the humble street food is a testament to cultural survival for the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who arrived in Germany as refugees and asylum seekers in 2015
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His address advocated for scholars of the young United States to be less “timid,” “imitative” and “tame”
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Ahead of painter Robert Rauschenberg’s centennial this fall, a new book details how he was fueled by looking to the sky
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