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The singer’s presence can still be felt at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
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During World War II, British researchers conducted tests on themselves to gauge how submariners' brains would function at extreme depths
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Northern Europe and the British Isles
The secret to the world’s sweetest rhubarb? Sealed sheds, total darkness and a little old-fashioned flair
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Only two robotic missions have made it to the Swift Planet, but they were crucial for upending many false assumptions of that sun-scorched world
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Robert M. Pirsig’s odyssey vehicle takes its final ride as it vrooms into public view for the first time ever at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
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Northern Europe and the British Isles
Explore the region's history, culture and natural wonders
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In "Sally & Tom," Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks continues her investigation of American myths
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Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
These 15 picture-perfect cherry blossom images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest are pretty in pink.
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A new limited series starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin revisits the founding father's years as the American ambassador to France
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In 1942, young Calvin Graham was decorated for valor in battle, before his worried mother learned of his whereabouts and revealed his secret to the Navy
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Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree
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Untold Stories of American History
The people of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, helped keep the Greenbrier resort's bunker—designed to hold the entirety of Congress—hidden from 1958 to 1992
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A study that looks back more than 100 years shows that where the animals have thrived, underwater forests have, too
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The story of the half-human, half-monkey god mirrors the journey of the protagonist in Patel's directorial debut
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Nature enthusiasts work with researchers to figure out how creatures respond to the celestial phenomenon
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A new exhibition at the National Museum of American History aims to inspire the next generation of innovators
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Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
See what makes this country so captivating, from picturesque rice paddies to striking cityscapes
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The new mini-series dramatizes the Villiers family’s scandalous rise to power at the court of England's James I
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For centuries, curious artists have been trying to make sense of the celestial event
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A Smithsonian folklorist looks back and finds stories that explain how a darkening of daytime skies provokes a foreboding of evil
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