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Andrew Lawler, author of "Raising Alexandria" talks about the hidden history of Egypt's fabled seaside capital
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More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
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Put down your lighters and pick up your health care cards, nicotine vaccines are in the works
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What happens when you mix evolution with climate change?
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A collection of Smithsonian's recent environmental stories
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Conspiracy buffs, including author Dan Brown, tour the lavish Washington, D.C. temple of the Freemasons
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New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed
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