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The Wild World of the Black Sea
Visitors come for the place and spill onto the beach and pose exuberantly under umbrellas and wrestle with colorful inflatable toys in the brown waves
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Weekend Events Sept. 30 – Oct. 2: Treasures at the Museum, Columbus Day Legacy, and Portrait Discovery
This weekend, get a book autographed, see a thought-provoking documentary, and see the Portrait Gallery in a whole new way
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A Community’s Common Heritage at the Heye Center in New York City
At the American Indian Museum in New York City, a new exhibition illustrates the changes at Isleta Pueblo brought by the arrival of the railroad in 1881
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The List: Medical Innovations at the Smithsonian
On the anniversary of the legendary discovery of polio, take a tour of the most significant medical inventions in history
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Mount Lebanon Shaker Village Redux
An outstanding collection of Shaker arts and crafts moves to the old Shaker Village in New York
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The Terrible Dinosaurs of the 1970s
How many students are still meeting outdated dinosaurs, rather than the dinosaurs we now know?
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Playing It Again: The Big Business of Re-Releases
How rereleases drove—and still drive—the film industry
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Long Live the King
A gunshot rang out in the king’s bedroom in June 1946, ending one reign and beginning another. Uncertainty over how it happened has persisted ever since
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The Millipede That Glows In The Dark
The blind, nocturnal arthropod produces a deadly toxin when disturbed
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The Farmer and the Dell—or the iPhone
New technology is taking the farmer-consumer relationship to another level
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When We All Commute by Airplane
If commuting to work via personal aeroplane was the future, how might the design of cities change to accommodate them?
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Is There a Future For Terra Nova?
The show borrows heavily from other sci-fi sources and the first episode was heavy on exposition. But what about the dinosaurs?
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Legendary Performer Diosa Costello Donates Wardrobe to Smithsonian
A pioneer of theater, nightclubs and Broadway gives her costumes to the American History Museum
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Istanbul: The Maddest City in Europe
“That’s the fattest stray dog I’ve ever seen.” A lot has changed here since Mark Twain wrote about the city, but there’s still plenty of mayhem
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Vogue Vittles: The Cross Between Food and Fashion
Before Lady Gaga’s beef dress, there were Wonder Bread raincoats, waffle pants and Marilyn Monroe in a potato sack
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The Extreme Makeover of Empress Dowager Cixi
China’s Empress Dowager commissioned portraits—now on display at the Sackler Gallery—in an attempt to polish her public image
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Readers Respond: Why I Like Science
Science is the partner of art and the quest for truth
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Are Machines Dumbing Us Down?
The idea that technology is causing us to lose our mental edge won’t go away
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The Origin of Blue Jeans
On the anniversary of Levi Strauss’ death, learn the creation story of one of the most popular articles of clothing
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