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A Birthday Card to Barbie. Happy 50th!

Guest blogger Jeanne Maglaty, Smithsonian magazine’s copy editor, offers birthday wishes to the all-American doll

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An Elephant Shrew, Born at the Zoo, is Caught on Film

The elephant-shrew looks like a mouse designed by a committee. It’s got a trunk like a pachyderm, the tail of a kangaroo and an anteater’s tongue

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Meet the Scientist Who Reads Bones

Doug Owsley is the Smithsonian’s bone detective and can read a human skeleton, like you can read this post

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Meet the Artist: Ori Gersht

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Can’t Be in New Orleans? Listen to Mardi Gras Music at Your Desk

We thought we’d treat our cabin fever with a little bit of Louisiana jazz and zydeco courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways

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