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Here, Birds Are Unafraid

Galápagos seabirds tolerate human spectators, and crabs in Panama ignore cars (but hide from trucks)

A Network with an idealized core–periphery structure

Core-Periphery Relations

A game of Texas hold 'em in progress. "Hold 'em" is a popular form of poker.

Fake & Rake

Played for love or played for money, poker is coming out of the back room

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Tree Houses Take a Bough

It used to be kid stuff, but these days more and more adults are building in trees to get high

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George C. Marshall The Last Great American?

No soldier since Washington has had his Roman virtues, and so significantly shaped a peace

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Smithsonian Perspectives

Smithsonian Perspectives

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John Brown’s Picture

A long-lost daguerrotype, made by a black artist in 1847, has lately come to rest at the Smithsonian

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The Space Race

Onetime rivals are now partners. A new exhibition and an IMAX film, Mission to Mir, tell the story

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Flood Forecasting

Water, Water, Everywhere

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“We Got Us Some Sky Today, Boy!”

It’s beat the clock at high altitude as a surefooted crew builds a 500-foot communications tower

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Pipe Dreams

The royal instrument is the most complex and powerful yet devised by the human mind

The interior court of on opening night of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 4 October 1974.

Art Night on the Mall

Summer evening twilight—perfect for a Hirshhorn gallery talk and a stroll among the sculptures

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