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Chocolate truffles

A Brief History of Chocolate

Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat and watch a video

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Prototype Online: Inventive Voices

Sharon Rogone, a neonatal nurse-turned-inventor, talks about her first invention

Jones is currently on the council of the National Museum of African American History and Culture

Q at the Castle

Why the Smithsonian Institution can’t get enough of American music’s top artist-entrepreneur, Quincy Jones

Old Gramophone.

Forgotten Music

A long-lost musical treasure in Paris is rediscovered

“Strong Medicine” Speaks

Recollections from the matriarch of a once hidden tribe

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March Anniversaries

Momentous or Merely Memorable

New Zealander Rob Hall, at the 28,000-foot mark of Everest's Southeast Ridge in 1994, led Jon Krakauer's team up in 1996. A storm claimed the lives of eight climbers, including Hall's, on that widely publicized expedition

Conquering Everest

A history of climbing the world’s tallest mountain

The Empress Dowager Cixi

Cixi: The Woman Behind the Throne

The concubine who became China’s last empress

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Decade by Decade: Major Events in Women’s History

Explore some of the most significant achievements made by women in the past century

Doug Fine

Doug Fine, Journalist, New Mexico

How an ambitious experiment in ecological living led to a goat pen

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That’s a Lot of Turtle Soup

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Color Crazed

The show that opens today at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Color as Field: American Painting 1950-1975,” is to say the least, colorful

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Rose Marie’s Black Bow Now in the Smithsonian

Nine legendary actresses donate artifacts from their work on the stage and screen

Biofuel Reality Check

Criminal Element

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Python Invasion?

Burmese pythons move into the Everglades

Fans of Koolhaas's CCTV skyscraper call it "gravity-defying", but critics claim it's nothing more than an expensive playtoy-and that the money would have been better spent reducing the country's runaway wealth gap

Beijng Redux

The capital hasn’t seen this kind of makeover since the Mongols overtook the city, but a new Beijing may not be what’s best for a modern China

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Tigers in Japanese Art

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