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Weekend Events: ZooLights, Art Workshop and Hands-On Activities!

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What’s In Your CD Player This Holiday?

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“Best of the Decade” with Postal Museum Curators

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Barley Candy, a Victorian Christmas Goody

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Picture of the Week—The Swirls of Mars

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Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway

Andrew Lawler is currently a freelancer living in the woods of Maine.

Arthur Lubow on “Painted Dreams”

Andrew Lawler is currently a freelancer living in the woods of Maine.

Andrew Lawler on “Who Wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?”

John Gussenhoven bought a Harley-Davidson, learned to ride it proficiently, and then marked his route with a bold “X” across a map of the 48 states.

Finding America’s Heart by Harley

Wealthy businessman John Gussenhoven pledged his fortunes to assist those who helped him on his journey across America

Caveman Cereal Raises a Question: Do Humans Need Grains?

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Tawa hallae and the Making of Meat-Eating Dinosaurs

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Eight Awful Movies for Science in the 2000s

United States president James Knox Polk

“Best of the Decade” with Air and Space Curator Tom Crouch

Smithsonian magazine's 2009 Notable Books for Children.

Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2009

Our annual list of children’s books highlights the most fascinating titles published in the past year

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Were Dinosaurs Meant to Fly?

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Ten Movies We Loved From the 2000s

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What Are Those Green Specks in My Biscuits?

Many man-eaters are wounded or old; some have been deprived of natural prey sources; others may simply have developed a fondness for human flesh.

The Most Ferocious Man-Eating Lions

Africa’s lions may usually prey on zebras or giraffes, but they also attack humans, with some lions responsible for over 50 deaths

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Smithsonian in the News: Diamonds at Natural History and Bubbles at the Hirshhorn

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What is this Junket, Anyway?

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