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A Reenactment of Civil War Era Reconnaissance Ballooning
See history retold at the Air and Space Museum this weekend and meet Abraham Lincoln and the balloonist Thaddeus Lowe
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Colin Firth: Actor. Writer. Academy Award Winner. Scientist?
The star of the King’s Speech is the co-author on a paper examining political orientation and brain structure
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The Joys of Jell-O
If you’re feeling creative and adventurous and want to mount a Jell-O-based art project, you need to know a few things about how the stuff works
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Triceratops: An A+ Dinosaur
Paleontologists have recently learned how these three-horned dinosaurs fought, grew up and socialized
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Remembering AIDS: The 30th Anniversary of the Epidemic
A collection of trading cards was an odd way to promote AIDS Awareness, but somehow, they worked
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Victoria Blackie Brings Some Country to NMAI
Catch up-and-coming Navajo country artist Victoria Blackie this Saturday, June 11, outside of NMAI
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Five Ways to Eat Watermelon
The best way to eat watermelon? By the wedge, bare feet dangling into a pool or lake. But here are five other pretty good ideas
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Does Your Last Name Affect Your Buying Habits?
Researchers claim that people with names at the end of the alphabet respond more quickly to purchasing opportunities
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Waking the T. Rex Brings Sue to Life
The film showcases some of the new techniques paleontologists are using to investigate dinosaur lives
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Dancing Splash Mob Floods the Natural History Museum
Watch the Smithsonian’s first ever flash mob in the Natural History Museum’s Ocean Hall
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A Backyard Garden Proves a Haven for Catbird Research
A Smithsonian study blaming cats for bird deaths angered some cat lovers. Now, an effort is underway in local neighborhoods to confirm the results
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Meet the New Elements
It’s official: Elements 114 and 116 do exist and belong on the periodic table
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Law and Order: Ice Cream Truck Unit
Here’s the scoop on four cases of criminal behavior involving the local ice cream man
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Dinosaur Diamond: Following an Injured Allosaurus
A fresh coating of dried mud gave the 150-million-year-old tracks a more recent look, as if dinosaurs had walked by just last week
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Inviting Writing: Thai Spaghetti
A visit to Thailand unfortunately led to a meal of Italian food
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Alabama Snail Returns From the Dead
The wicker ancylid, declared extinct in 2000, has been found alive and well in Choccolocco Creek
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Events June 6-10: Spacesuits, Quilting, Wild Ocean, Ikebana, Coffee + Art
Events for the week of June 6 include spacesuits, a quilting demonstration, ikebana and more
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Was Spinosaurus a Bison-Backed Dinosaur?
Spinosaurus and Ouranosaurus were fundamentally different, and they remain among the most bizarre dinosaurs yet discovered
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The Source of the Sun’s Dark Spots
A new study provides insight into how convection creates sunspots
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