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En route to Rock Springs, Wyoming, Matt Quy flew by Pinnacle Rock

On the Flight Path of the Tuskegee Stearman Winging its Way to the Smithsonian

The Patent Office Building as it looked before the Civil War

The List: From Ballroom to Hospital, Five Lives of the Old Patent Office Building

Take a look back in time and learn the five lives of the old Patent Office Building

School lunch program poster

What’s Cooking Uncle Sam: A Must-See Show at the National Archives

The show was a revelation for exhibiting the breadth of the government’s involvement in our food

Body hackers can get all sorts of information about their personal health.

Me, My Data and I

A T. rex sighting in South Dakota

Dinosaur Sighting: Wall Drug

The ultimate roadside attraction features a T. rex that shakes its head, snaps its jaws and RAWRs

What do you hate most about mosquitoes?

14 Not-So-Fun Facts About Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide, lactic acid and octenol found in our breath and sweat. They may have a preference for beer drinkers

Owney the Dog, immortalized in a stamp.

Honoring Owney, the Legendary Post Office Pup

Owney the dog, beloved mascot of the Railway Mail Service, is being honored with his own interactive postage stamp, sure to endear him to new generations

Mariza strikes a pose

Belly Dancing After Dark at the Freer and Sackler Galleries

This Thursday evening, get your groove on at the Asian art museums annual celebration

Barnum Brown, showing off his paleo pick in an August 1932 Popular Science

Barnum Brown’s Paleo Pick

Does “Mr. Bones” really deserve credit for inventing an essential field tool?

In these two images from the Hubble Space Telescope, Pluto's new moon, P4, can be seen to move around the dwarf planet.

What To Name Pluto’s New Moon

Disney characters aside, what would you choose to join this dark and dreary mythological circle? Styx, Erberus, Cerberus, Hypnos?

The versatile green bean.

Five Ways to Eat Green Beans

To prove their versatility, here are five out-of-the-ordinary ideas for cooking with green beans, each from a different world culture

Google founders Eric Schmidt, Sergey Brin and Larry Page in their company's driverless car

Google Hits the Road

The Department of Innovation logo by Jamie Simon

Welcome to the Department of Innovation

An introduction to our new blog about people and ideas that likely will shape the way we will live one day

A ward in Carver General Hospital, Washington, D.C.

Touring the Tools of Civil War Medicine

Murray Hall at the ballot box

Events July 25-29: Harry Potter, Portraits Alive, Owney, the Negro Leagues and Apollo 15

A hexagonal grain of iron sulfide in a diamond may be a flaw for jewelers, but it's useful data for scientists

Diamonds Hold Secret About Plate Tectonics

When it comes to diamonds in jewelry, perfection is everything. But imperfections are a clue to the past

An old kitchen can still have its charms.

Inviting Writing: A Humble Kitchen

The cabinets squeak every time you shut them, the sink needs reglazing and the backsplash is made of cracking tile

Allosaurus, on display at the CEU Museum in Price, Utah

Taking a Bite Out of a Sauropod Tail

The tail vertebra has gouges, divots and scores in five places from at least two different predators

Doing the Ring Shout in Georgia, ca. 1930s Members of the Gullah community express their spirituality through the “ring shout” during a service at a local “praise house.”

Anacostia Community Museum Attempts Record-Breaking Ring Shout

Traditional dance in which participants dance counterclockwise in a circle to the beat of clapping and a stick that is banged on a wooden surface

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Introducing New History Blog: Past Imperfect

Three historians bring their expertise together to provide history with all the interesting bits left in

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