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Large Dinosaurs Ran Hot

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Evolution in Two Minutes or Less

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Catching Up With Danilo Pérez

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John Gerrard’s Virtual Dust Bowl

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Seven Species You’ll See Only in Pictures

Avant-garde photographer Man Ray may have written his name with a penlight in his self-portrait titled Space Writings.

Man Ray’s Signature Work

Artist Man Ray mischievously scribbled his name in a famous photograph, but it took decades for the gesture to be discovered

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Food Rituals in Hindu Weddings

Cinnamon as Health Food

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Celebrating 40 Years of Life On Sesame Street

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Events for the Week of 11/9-13: Africa Meets Mexico, Home School Open House, Confederate Currency and More!

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Dinosaurs Get Ready to Go to Abu Dhabi

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White Coat on a Black Bear

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Weekend Events: Teacher Appreciation Day at the Zoo, Early Color Photography

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Sweatin’ to the Smithsonian: Exercise With Folkways

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Dinosaur Sightings: Giddyup!

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Baking Apples in a Schnitzer

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Picture of the Week—Young Fish Dart by a Jellyfish

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Meet Sesame Street’s Global Cast of Characters

Over the course of the more than 50 years that the program has been on the air, Sesame Street has spawned versions in countries around the world

James "Pat" Daugherty, 85, served in the Army's storied 92nd Infantry Division, which was made up almost entirely of African-Americans.

Memoirs of a World War II Buffalo Soldier

In a recently published memoir written over 60 years ago, veteran James Daugherty details his experiences as an African-American in combat

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Portraiture Now Series Gets Communal

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