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What if Newton’s Principia Mathematica, Published Today, Had Been in Comic Sans?

The rage over CERN’s font choice drives the question: How would the world have reacted to Newton’s world-changing tome had Comic Sans existed at the time?

Dust jacket of the book Mein Kampf, written by Adolf Hitler.

Germans un-Kampf-ortable With Reissue of Hitler’s Tome

Starting in 2015, Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf will once again be available to German readers

Goodness gracious, a great ball of fire

17 Minutes of Fireworks Go Off in 15 Seconds

Yesterday, in the San Diego Bay, a fireworks show meant to last 17 minutes went off in 15 seconds

From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries’ new digital collection, an image of two baby chimpanzees out for a stroll from Minnesota Longfellow Gardens Guide.

Lions, and Tigers and Bears: The History of the Zoo Goes Digital

Images of tea-sipping orangutans and baby chimps in strollers are part of Smithsonian Institution Libraries’ growing digital collection of zoo materials

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U.S. & Europe are Hotspots for Deadly Emerging Diseases

Detail of Sightglass Coffee’s roaster

How Maker Culture is Reshaping Retail Design

A San Francisco coffee shop pulls back the curtain to expose the process behind each cup served in their expansive warehouse space

Delacroix’s La Liberté to be on display at the new Louvre-Lens museum in the Pas-de-Calais

The Louvre Museum Is Having a Baby!

This December the French town of Lens will be welcoming a new branch museum of the Louvre

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Our Daily Juice

Batteries, so much a part of our daily lives, are being transformed. Now scientists say they’ve created one out of spray paint

Frog Daddy Raises Babies in Throat, Spits Them Out When Ready

The blue marble

Beautiful New Earth-From-Space Footage from NASA

Are Millennials Too Strung Out on Antidepressants to Even Know Who They Are?

Researchers at the USDA’s expansive Beltsville Agricultural Research Center test greenhouse gas emissions as part of the center’s work on climate change.

July 5: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Today at the Folklife Festival: feeding the world, funk music and NPR’s Talk of the Nation

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Physicists Pin Down New Particle, Won’t Quite Call It the Higgs

Different types of chemicals packed inside fireworks are responsible for the variety of colors.

5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Science of Fireworks

These iconic symbols of Independence Day celebrations are also a marvel of modern science and engineering

Why We Set Off Fireworks on the Fourth of July

Because we always have

Local artist Jay Coleman works on one of his vibrant, evocative portraits in his studio in Northwest Washington, DC.

July 4: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

Does it get any better than this? Trees, shade, green grass and a pair of horizontal bars beside the Dordogne River, in Souillac, add up to one of the finest outdoor workout stations in France.

Fitness Afar: Great Places to Hang Out at the Bar

Going abroad needn’t mean going flabby—globe-trotters can find pull-up bars and other outdoor gymnastics equipment in some of the most unexpected places

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A Sneak Peek at a New Dinosaur

Argentina unveils a new dinosaur to celebrate the country’s bicentennial

Al Pacino in Revolution

Where Are the Great Revolutionary War Films?

You’d think the 4th of July would inspire filmmakers to great works, but they have been unable to recreate the events that led to the founding of America

Laura Ingalls Wilder

‘Little House on the Prairie’ Author’s Autobiography Published for First Time Ever

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