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Weekend Events: June 17-19: Sun Spots, Tom Hanks, and the Greensboro Lunch Counter
Visit the Smithsonian museums to look at some of the wonders of the universe and dive into the Portrait Gallery for a double feature
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At zoos all over the country, animatronic dinosaur exhibits featuring menageries of jerking, growling dinosaurs have made a comeback
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Should We Blame Scientists for Not Predicting Earthquakes?
A group of Italian scientists may go to trial for allegedly playing down the risk of the quake that struck the Abruzzo region of Italy in April 2009
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Stolen: How the Mona Lisa Became the World’s Most Famous Painting
One hundred years ago, a heist by a worker at the Louvre secured Leonardo’s painting as an art world icon
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Why Did the Standards Bureau Need These Heads?
The NIST Museum has placed images of several items on the website of its Digital Archives and is asking the public for help
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Tastes Like Disco: A Meal from 1978
For my husband’s birthday, I prepared a dinner of recipes from the year he was born. I immediately noticed a few differences from the way we eat today
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Dinosaur Sighting: Tyrant King of the Crustaceans
Have you seen a prehistoric creature in an unusual place? Send us a photo
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The File Inside the Cake: True Tales of Prison Escapes
Jailbirds really have tried to fly the coop by way of contraband—files, handsaws and even guns—hidden inside baked goods
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Bubbles of Magnetism at the End of the Solar System
NASA’s Voyager spacecraft have found a foamy layer at the edge of the heliosphere
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Interview With Ryan North, Creator of Dinosaur Comics
To get a better understanding of where Dinosaur Comics fits in the Venn diagram intersection of dinosaur blogs and web comics, I talked with its creator
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Playing Dress-Up With Van Cleef & Arpels
A summer intern gets a plum assignment—play on Facebook and dress-up in Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry
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Twenty People Become Citizens at the American History Museum
Holocaust survivor and civil rights activist Gerda Weissmann Klein addresses new citizens at the museum’s sixth naturalization ceremony
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New Inviting Writing Theme: Waiters and Waitresses
Let’s hear your best, worst or funniest dining-out experience, from the perspective of the server or the served
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Jack Horner Explains How to Build a Dinosaur
By fiddling with the genetic toggles of birds, scientists might be able to reverse-engineer a dinosaurian creature
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A European Union court has ruled that France should be doing more to protect the Great Hamster of Alsace
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Events June 13-17: Star-Spangled Banner, Sketch Time, Honeybees, Laundry and Balloons
During the week of June 13, spend an afternoon drawing, get some old school laundry tips, recreate a piece of American history and much more
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Gerda Weissmann Klein on American Citizenship
The Holocaust survivor, author and Medal of Freedom winner discusses liberation day and cherished freedoms
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