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This February, Meet the Women Transforming Science at the National Museum of Natural History

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day With the Ocean’s Oddest Couples and More Natural History Programs This February

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Explore How Fire Shaped Human Evolution and More Natural History Programs This March

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Discover How Animals Show Their Love and Other Natural History Programs This February

Joshua Bell is the curator of globalization at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. He is working on a new exhibit about the global history of cellphones. (Smithsonian)

Meet the Scientist Studying How Cellphones Change Societies

“Vai” is one of more than 20 films celebrating language and cultural diversity at the Smithsonian’s fifth annual Mother Tongue Film Festival. (Photo courtesy of MPI Media)

See Indigenous Films at the Mother Tongue Film Festival

Sgaawaay K’uuna is one of more than 20 films celebrating language diversity that will be screened at the Smithsonian's Mother Tongue Film Festival. (Still from Sgaawaay K’uuna (Edge of the Knife))

Don’t Miss These Award-Winning Films at the Mother Tongue Film Festival

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