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The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead
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The writings of many fine authors support the research and ambitious undertakings of an Institution rising to the challenges ahead
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Reintroduced to Wanuskewin Heritage Park in 2019, the animals' hooves uncovered four 1,000-year-old rock carvings
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Thrilling innovations at the Renwick mirror SAAM’s exquisite historical survey of the Venetian masters and their influences
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With many of our wings still clipped by Covid-19 this year, we needed to travel vicariously through these adventurous reads
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Seen as preteens, the future tennis sensations loved each other as much as they loved the sport
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In France, makers of the odorous food are singing the blues
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Today’s video hoaxes can be downright ugly. But image-makers have been fooling viewers from the beginning
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Shortly before he died, the jazz legend offered his own rendition of the classic holiday poem
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In dogged pursuit of an exotic world record, an engineer heads to the desert with archery equipment you can't get at a sporting goods store
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Harvard professor David Damrosch's new release has readers traveling to London, Paris, Nigeria, Tokyo and beyond without ever leaving home
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Raw and affecting depictions of rural life in the early 20th century were strikingly modern
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Mixed media artist Lisa Solomon describes how she and five other artists have embraced Crayola in their work
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The upcoming 2023 Renwick Invitational explores how Indigenous worldviews and the present moment inform what Native artists are making today
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LifeLabs Design was founded by a pair of Stanford professors who have developed fabrics capable of cooling and warming the wearer
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Created as a customer service tool 100 years ago, the fictional character marks the evolution of domesticity in the United States
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Smithsonian leaders discuss how the Institution can be a powerful place for investigating and addressing society’s most difficult issues
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Centuries after Italian poet Dante published "The Divine Comedy," Romantic artists and writers reimagined the tragedy as a tale of female agency
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Twenty-five years ago, the first installment of the horror franchise hit theaters just as a national debate about on-screen violence reached a fever pitch
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The magician spent years campaigning against fraudulent psychics, even lobbying Congress to ban fortune-telling in D.C.
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To the Mountains
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