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Our Love Affair with Lawns

Americans take lawn care very seriously, spending billions to keep their perfectly clipped grass green and absolutely weed free

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Great Blues Are Going Great Guns

These ubiquitous herons are learning to live with people

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Stormy Weather - Live!

Everyone talks about the weather the people at the Weather Channel live it 24 hours a day

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We’re Scraping Bottom

As vessels around the world drag nets and dredges across the seabed, they slowly destroy the biome

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Tasty Brazil Nuts Stun Harvesters and Scientists

A Smithsonian biologist tracks the protein-rich nuts to understand their role in the Amazonian forest

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Good Days at Black Rock

A once quiet desert in Nevada has become a center for supersonic cars, rockets with big plans and one of the most freewheeling festivals anywhere

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This Joint Is Jumping

Wearing zoot suits and skirts that twirl, Lindy Hoppers are making lots of whoopee from coast to coast

Emily Carr

Canada’s National Treasure

Artist Emily Carr captured the spirit of the northwest coast

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In the Land of Milk and Money

Yes, we’ve got milk and plenty of it, from a venerable business that is high-tech, ultra-efficient and, for many, still offers a rewarding way of life

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Making Art Accessible

Roslyn Walker plans to extend the African museum into the classroom and send exhibits on the road

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Paderewski’s Piano

When Polish pianist Ignace Paderewski toured America, he became a celebrity—and boosted Steinway

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Looking Back and Ahead

With regret but a legacy of accomplishment, the Secretary plans to leave the Smithsonian in December

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Tracking America’s First Dogs

Carolina dogs, discovered in the Southeast woods, may provide clues to the primitive dogs that arrived with the first humans in America

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Mining for Meteorites

As prices skyrocket, gonzo collectors are combing the globe for these celestial fragments—and riling researchers

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You Will Feel No Pain

Doctors and patients swear hypnosis works, but after years of research we still don’t know how

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When Clock Birds Sing

Caution: Unexpected birdsong can cause flashbacks that lift the listener out of time and place

“Lay It Up!”

Curling is chess on ice, with broomsticks

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