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Other Cherry Blossoms Around the Mall

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The Wines of Hungary — the Next Big Thing?

"Woman teaching geometry" Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements (c. 1310 AD)

Female Scientists Aren’t THAT Rare

There are plenty of deserving women who never got so much as a nod.

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Mammoths are Dwarfed by Dinosaurs in Ice Age 3

Frustrated by human error, mathematician and inventor Charles Babbage designed a machine to perform mathematical functions and automatically print the results.

Booting Up a Computer Pioneer’s 200-Year-Old Design

Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now

Congress wanted safe passage for white settlers on the Oregon Trail.

Carving Out the West at the Great Smoke Conference

In 1851, American Indian tribes gathered to seek protection of their western lands from frontiersman on the Oregon Trail

The Many Faces of Mami Wata

To win the favor of Mami Wata, one must be clean and sweet-smelling both inside and out

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Science Writers Have Fun Today

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Pass the Hoax, Please

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Caption Writing Contest: Round 3

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Dating a Dinosaur

Fossil prospector Ron Frithiof (with a mosasaur from his collections) was sued over a T. rex that he uncovered. "This whole experience," he says, "has been a disaster."

The Dinosaur Fossil Wars

Across the American West, legal battles over dinosaur fossils are on the rise as amateur prospectors make major finds

Joshua Tewksbury and colleagues study whether the hot stuff in chili fruit deters bugs that may carry fungus.

Ask Smithsonian 2017

What’s So Hot About Chili Peppers?

An American ecologist travels through the Bolivian forest to answer burning questions about the spice

Volvo introduced the three-point seat belt 50 years ago.

Buckle Up Your Seatbelt and Behave

Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there’s a new answer

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Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Wolves, hibernating animals, spitting cobras and more

Tangier Island is located in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, just south of the Maryland line.

Tangier Island and the Way of the Watermen

In the middle of the Chesapeake Bay, a culture struggles to survive as aquatic life becomes scarce

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Letters

Readers Respond to the February Issue

The Smithsonian online: something for everyone, no matter how esoteric their interests.

Long Tails

Bank manager Kellie Johnson says that recording the location, species and size of trees "puts things in perspective."

Bank Executives See the Forest and the Trees

In a Maryland forest, bankers trade in their suits and ties to study the environment with Smithsonian scientists

The Paschall Brothers' album, "On the Right Road Now."

Odes To Joy

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