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Playing Pandemic, the Board Game

April 29, 2009

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So You Want to Be a Paleontologist?

April 28, 2009

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Connected Even on a Ship in the Arctic

April 28, 2009

Citizens of Mexico City wear masks to prevent the spread of swine flu.

Dreading the Worst When it Comes to Epidemics

A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease

April 27, 2009

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Xiongguanlong: A New, Long-nosed Tyrannosaurid

April 27, 2009

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Learning About Magnets, Electricity and Acceleration at the Amusement Park

April 27, 2009

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Picture of the Week—Afghanistan’s First National Park

April 24, 2009

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Fantastic Four vs. Dinosaurs

April 24, 2009

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No Time for Protohadros

April 23, 2009

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Major Loss of Wildlife in Kenya’s Masai Mara

April 23, 2009

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A Paleontologist’s Long-Lost Lunchbox

April 22, 2009

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97 Ideas for Earth Day

April 22, 2009

Smithsonian magazine staff writer Abigail Tucker recently ventured to Greenland to report on narwhal research.

Abigail Tucker on “In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal”

April 21, 2009

Ytterbium

Just What Is Ytterbium Anyway?

April 21, 2009

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Dinosaurs Get a Day at the Beach

April 21, 2009

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Wanted: Chief Scientific Advisor for MI5

April 20, 2009

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Waiter, There Is a Dinosaur in my Drink

April 20, 2009

Carlos Jaramillo (top row, third from the right), a staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, co-organized the team that discovered the largest snake in world history.

Discovering the Titanoboa

As part of a multi-organizational team, Smithsonian scientist Carlos Jaramillo uncovered the fossils of a gigantic snake

April 19, 2009

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Dinosaurs and Cavemen (sigh) to Invade Binghamton in 2010

April 17, 2009

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Picture of the Week—Pygmy Seahorse

April 17, 2009

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