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Picture of the Week—Afghanistan’s First National Park

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Fantastic Four vs. Dinosaurs

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C.S.I. Smithsonian on Forensic Fridays

The ivory pleated dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the 1955 comedy “The Seven Year itch” is the most popular attraction at the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Motion Picture Museum.

Hollywood on Exhibit

Movie memories come to life inside the filmmaking collections of these seven museums

James Winkfield was a two-time Kentucky Derby winner and raced across Europe after racism kept him from being the best athlete in America's most popular sport.

The Kentucky Derby’s Forgotten Jockeys

African American jockeys once dominated the track. But by 1921, they had disappeared from the Kentucky Derby

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Craft Show Artist Kate Bishop Makes Elegantly Eccentric Hats

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Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009 Passed by House of Representatives

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Eating Narwhal

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No Time for Protohadros

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Major Loss of Wildlife in Kenya’s Masai Mara

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Science Education Grant Brings Sesame Street Planetarium Show

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Earth Day: Greening the Mail, with the National Postal Museum

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Food Matters on Earth Day

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A Paleontologist’s Long-Lost Lunchbox

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97 Ideas for Earth Day

Smithsonian magazine staff writer Abigail Tucker recently ventured to Greenland to report on narwhal research.

Abigail Tucker on “In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal”

Owen Edwards is a freelance writer who writes the "Object at Hand" column in Smithsonian magazine.

Owen Edwards on “In Vogue”

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Earth Day at the Smithsonian

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Play With Your Food

Ytterbium

Just What Is Ytterbium Anyway?

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