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Pfizer’s Recipe for Pig Testicle Tacos
Corporate cookbooks occupy a unique place in the kitchen, and they exhibit corporate America’s attempt to establish societal norms
Nature in Focus at the Environmental Film Festival
Environmental Film Festival highlights on view at Smithsonian locations
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What was life like for Canada’s dinosaurs 70 million years ago? Paleontologist Annie Quinney can tell you
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Is it Too Late for Sustainable Development?
Dennis Meadows thinks so. Forty years after his book The Limits to Growth, he explains why
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Ten Inventions Inspired by Science Fiction
The innovators behind objects like the cellphone or the helicopter took inspiration from works like “Star Trek” and War of the Worlds
Ask Smithsonian: Can Birds Be Identified Just From Their Feathers? Questions from Our Readers
Our new feature, Ask Smithsonian, is all about finding the answers. Do you have a question for our curators?
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Is There More to Obesity Than Too Much Food?
Recent research suggests that chemicals used to protect, process and package food could be helping to create fat cells
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Will Matt Rutherford be First to Circumnavigate the Americas Solo?
“Basically, I either fail and everyone thinks I’m crazy, or I succeed and I’m a hero,” says the sailor, who is on the homestretch of a one-year journey
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How Well Do We Really Remember A Crime Scene?
A new study shows that our ability to recall details is severely impaired after physical exertion
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Brachiosaurus was once thought to be the ultimate prehistoric titan, but we know surprisingly little about this Jurassic dinosaur
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Wildflower Hunting in the California Desert
March is the traditional time to view the fab flora in Joshua Tree National Park
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A primer on where the documentary got its start and how the film genre gets its funding
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What Shredded Wheat Did for the Navy
The inventor of one of the first ready-to-eat breakfast cereals was also an accidental historian
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Amy Henderson: “Downton Abbey” and the Dollar Princesses
A curator tells of 19th-century American socialites, who like Cora Crowley, found noble husbands and flushed Britain with cash
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Mysterious Exploding Foam is Bursting Barns
One explosion raised a barn roof several feet in the air and blew the hog farmer 30 or 40 feet from the door
Game On At the American Art Museum This Weekend
“The Art of Video Games” opens at the American Art Museum with a weekend packed with gaming, panels, and performances
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Dinosaur Sighting: Triceratops Topiary
The reader is correct that Trixie is technically a “real, live dinosaur”
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Telemedicine Predicted in 1925
With video screens and remote control arms, any doctor could make a virtual housecall
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And for Dessert: An Object Lesson on Simple Pleasure
How a disappointing dessert becomes an object lesson on simplicity and pleasure
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