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Feathered Fights of Fancy
No ordinary fowl, these birds have been bred for visual delight. For many an owner, they are just too pretty to eat
Phenomena, Comment & Notes
Most Americans believe science and technology make their lives better, two out of five are "very interested" in them, but not many know how they work
Phenomena, Comment and Notes
Looking at the Smithsonian from the inside: A 'random sample' of anthropologists, biologists and geologists explain why it is an inimitable place to work
Phenomena, Comment & Notes
Today's physics allow outrageous possibilities: faster-than-light travel across the galaxy, or even our learning to make new universes to specification
Phenomena, Comment & Notes
While Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is history, space scientists are beginning to piece together the details of its pyrotechnic encounter with Jupiter last July
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