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Much Ado About Chicxulub

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Playing Pandemic, the Board Game

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So You Want to Be a Paleontologist?

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Connected Even on a Ship in the Arctic

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

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Xiongguanlong: A New, Long-nosed Tyrannosaurid

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Learning About Magnets, Electricity and Acceleration at the Amusement Park

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Picture of the Week—Afghanistan’s First National Park

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Fantastic Four vs. Dinosaurs

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No Time for Protohadros

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Major Loss of Wildlife in Kenya’s Masai Mara

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A Paleontologist’s Long-Lost Lunchbox

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97 Ideas for Earth Day

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

Abigail Tucker on “In Search of the Mysterious Narwhal”

Ytterbium

Just What Is Ytterbium Anyway?

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Dinosaurs Get a Day at the Beach

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Wanted: Chief Scientific Advisor for MI5

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Waiter, There Is a Dinosaur in my Drink

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

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Dinosaurs and Cavemen (sigh) to Invade Binghamton in 2010

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