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In Search of a Tuberculosis Vaccine

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Blog Carnival #21: Boiling Ostrich Heads, Dinoshoes, Rex Riders and More

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July 1: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

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American History Highlights Celluloid and the Dawn of the Plastic Age

On July 1, 1910, the Library of Congress issued the copyright for the first Tom Swift book, Tom Swift and His Motorcycle.

Tom Swift Turns 100

Tom Swift is turning 100—and he still doesn’t look a day over 18

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Wednesday Roundup: Your Face to Space and Early Computer Games

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Eat Fish, Save Our Ocean? Lionfish as Sustainable Seafood

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Sauropod Dinosaurs Used the Earth’s Heat to Warm Their Nests

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Is That Man a Bonobo or a Chimp?

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The Joys of Toys on Display at American History

In Blade Runner, pollution and overpopulation have transformed cities such as Los Angeles into depressing megacities.

What Movies Predict for the Next 40 Years

From Back to the Future to the Terminator franchise, Hollywood has many strange and scary ideas of what will happen by 2050

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DJ Rekha Will Be Performing at Asia After Dark, July 15

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My Favorite Songs About Food

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Suggested Reading to Accompany our Anniversary Issue

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Rebuilding Dinosaur National Monument’s Visitor Center

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Happy Birthday, Hiram Powers

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Events: Harry Truman, Upton Sinclair, Typewriters and More!

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Dolphins Are Efficient Eaters

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June 28: Today’s Events for the Folklife Festival

Don't Picnic on the Beach

Inviting Writing: The Perils of Picnicking

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