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Lincoln vs. Darwin (Part 1 of 4)

Next month we celebrate an odd double anniversary—the 200th anniversaries of the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin

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How Many Ugandan Mountain Gorillas?

Mountain gorillas are rare and endangered, and they have the misfortune to live in a part of the world wracked by human violence

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What We Missed While Watching the Inauguration

Dr. Eric Lander, Director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, speaks at the Mouse Genome Sequencing Press Conference on December 4, 2002.

A Welcome to the Obama Administration’s Scientist Appointees

Last month, then president-elect Obama devoted one of his weekly addresses to science

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An Antarctic Scientist's Advice for Surviving the Cold

Sure, it’s zero degrees outside. But you can handle it

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This is Your Brain…In Cake

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Picture of the Week—Baby Gorilla

Did you hear? A western lowland gorilla named Mandara gave birth last Saturday at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

A US Air Force Boeing 707 disturbs a colony of sooty terns during takeoff.

The Perils of Bird-Plane Collisions

When airlines want to investigate dangerous bird strikes against planes, they turn to the head of the Smithsonian’s Feather Identification Lab

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The Amazing Randi on YouTube

Here at Smithsonian, we’re big fans of the Amazing Randi, not least because he’s a fan of the magazine (he told us so)

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George the Lobster Should Stay in Maine Waters

A couple of weeks ago, fishermen off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, pulled up a 20-pound lobster

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What Happens When You Remove the Cats From a Rabbit-Laden Island?

Australians of European descent might be forgiven for thinking they could turn the continent into another Europe

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Meet the Elements

There are 118 elements in the periodic table, from hydrogen to ununoctium

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Picture of the Week—Pink Iguana

If Charles Darwin had wandered up the side of the Volcan Wolf volcano in 1835, he might have spotted what is now known as the rosada (or pink) iguana

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Does Rugby Predict Pope's Doom?

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Three New Marine Monuments in the Pacific

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Why Golfers Might Need Earplugs

The golf course would seem to be a quiet and peaceful place, so why did an audiologist recommend that some golfers wear earplugs?

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Could Science Education Be a Victim of the Recession?

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Picture of the Week—Great Barrier Reef

When I visited friends in Australia earlier this year, I made visiting the Great Barrier Reef a priority

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The Year of Charles Darwin Ultimate Tour (Part 1)

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A Year of Wild Things -- Orcas, Alligators, Caterpillars, Lizards, and More!

The Wild Things column in the magazine is, by far, the most fun part to work on

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