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Laura Helmuth

Laura Helmuth on “Seeing is Believing”

Puritan leader John Winthrop arrives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

Sarah Vowell on the Puritans’ Legacy

The author and ‘This American Life’ correspondent talks about her book on the colonies’ early religious leaders

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Zoo’s Orangs Getting Ready for Tonight’s Redskins Game Against the Steelers

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What’s Up This Week Around the Mall

“Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian” is a major two-city exhibition with shows opening concurrently in Washington, D.C. and NY

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What Big Teeth You Have: Was the Heterodontosaurus an Herbivore or a Carnivore or an Omnivore?

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Standing Tall

Niger’s giraffes and our 16th president

Some biologist suggest that the emergence of the long neck on a giraffe was driven more by sexual success: males with longer necks won more battles, mated more often and passed on the advantage to future generations.

Things Are Looking Up for Niger’s Wild Giraffes

Wild giraffes are making a comeback despite having to compete for resources with some of the world’s poorest people

A fallow deer with its impressive but unevenly formed antler looks straight into the light of the setting sun.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Bats’ barotrauma, fallow deer, Tahitian vanilla, lucky dinosaurs

A fallow deer with its impressive but unevenly formed antler looks straight into the light of the setting sun.

Wild Things: Life as We Know It

Bats’ barotrauma, fallow deer, Tahitian vanilla, lucky dinosaurs

The Greensboro Woolworth's Lunch Counter, desegregated by a 1960 sit-in, anchors a wing of the renovated museum.

From the Castle: History Ahead

A renovated National Museum of American History opens up American history and culture to millions of visitors

"I never thought anything would come of them," John Rich says of the some 1,000 personal photographs that he made as a reporter during the war.

One Man’s Korean War

John Rich’s color photographs, seen for the first time after more than half a century, offer a vivid glimpse of the “forgotten” conflict

Medieval wall gate.

Munich at 850

The livable, culture-crazy, beer-loving capital of Bavaria is coming to terms with its history

We don't have a town center, Alvarez says, but we're "rich in characters and talents."

Julia Alvarez on Weybridge, VT

Other towns get more attention says novelist Julia Alvarez, but this is a place where things get done

The rebuilt museum boasts an innovative green roof, home to poppies, yellow tidytips and other native plants.

California Academy of Sciences: Greening a Higher Ground

San Francisco’s new science museum hosts its own rooftop ecosystem

Author of "Munich at 850," Charles Michener

Charles Michener on “Munich at 850”

Roy Lichtenstein, Modern Head, 1974/1989-1990.

Roy Lichtenstein: Making History

A well-known sculpture works its way back from 9/11 damage

A San Francisco resident has learned that wild male turkeys can gobble on cue.

Jukebox: A Choir of Turkeys

Wild turkeys gobble on cue

Michelle Delaney holding the original 1888 Kodak and Larry Bird holding a display of campaign buttons.

American History Museum: Pieces of Our Past

Smithsonian curators probe the meanings of telltale objects

Portrait of country western singer Wanda Jackson from 1971.

Q and A: Wanda Jackson

In the 1950s, Wanda Jackson was one of the first women to record rock ‘n’ roll.

Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur.

What’s Up From the Smithsonian

Photographic keepsakes, garden paintings from the maharajahs and Fritz Scholder’s Indian identity on canvas

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