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Inviting Writing: Must-Have Holiday Foods
Tell us, by Friday, December 9, what lengths you’ve gone to for your favorite celebratory dishes
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Human Evolution’s Cookie Monster, Oreopithecus
For the past 60 years, scientists have argued over the enigmatic, human-like fossils of the nine-million-year-old Italian ape
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Unflinching Portraits of Pearl Harbor Survivors
Seventy years after the day that lives on in infamy, the soldiers stationed at Pearl Harbor recall their experiences
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Thinking About the End of Film
Film is dying, according to several reports. Or maybe it isn’t. Alexander Payne, among others, chimes in
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A History of Anthropological Work at the Smithsonian
Early research by the Smithsonian revealed the origin of thousands of mysterious earthen mounds across the country
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A Detailed Guide to a Hadrosaur’s Foot
This is not super-sexy research, but some of the biggest gaps in our understanding about dinosaurs involve relatively simple things
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Best of Children’s Books 2011: For Picture Book Readers (Part I)
As you begin your holiday shopping, review these selections of the best picture books of the year
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Both fuyu and hachiya persimmons are usually available in late fall and early winter. Here are a few ways to use either variety
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The Columbines and Their Pollinators: An Evolutionary Tale
New research provides insight into an evolutionary concept introduced by Charles Darwin
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How Hackers Made Kinect a Game Changer
Machines that respond to your touch, motion or voice are making keyboards obsolete. Is your TV remote next?
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Earth’s most violent mud volcano is wreaking havoc in Indonesia. Was drilling to blame? And when will it end?
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Hirshhorn Goes Red for World AIDS Day
The distinctive building is Washington, D.C.’s first structure to be illuminated red for the annual occasion
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Books on Bike Perfection and Women’s Bike-Won Freedom
Women’s clothing was a problem, and to efficiently ride a bike there was only one thing to do: Take it off
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Cooking May Have Driven Human Evolution
Why have humans and our ancestors been cooking for all this time? A first-of-its-kind study suggests cooked food gives the body a “pick-me-up”
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Lambe’s Lazy, Scavenging Gorgosaurus
Back when tyrannosaurs were new to science, paleontologist Lawrence Lambe cast them as bumbling scavengers that ate rotten flesh
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Join a panel of Natives who have served in the armed forces, spend the night at an exclusive Chinese-themed soiree, and explore the world of tattoos
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For Dolphins, Pregnancy Comes With a Price
A bigger body means increased drag, slower speeds and greater vulnerability to predators
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Though the American chef popularized French cuisine, she hasn’t yet received her due in the city she loved
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The Latest Destination for Human Spaceflight
The latest proposed destination for human space missions illustrates the essential hollowness of the current direction of our civil space program
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