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Hanukkah Food Smackdown! Latkes vs. Hamantashen

Inside a dispute that has engaged some of the greatest minds of our era

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Smithsonian Events Week of 12/22-28: Photography, Zoo Lights, Star Spangled Banner

The Luce Foundation Center is a three-story exploratorium located in the top levels of the American Art Museum. The final quests in "Ghosts of a Chance" took place here on October 25. Nearly 250 people participated.

The End of the Game, a Mystery in Four Parts

In a first-hand account of participating in an alternative reality game, one player gets caught up in the challenge

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Smithsonian Weekend Events, December 19-21: Christmas, Jim Henson Style

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Music of the Tropics: Balinese Drum Troupe Performs at the Sackler

Syncopated rhythms and melodic drums characterize Indonesdian "gamelan" music

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Austroraptor: a Giant, Sickle-Clawed Killer

Food in the news: the FDA Fish Fight, New Agriculture Secretary, and Burger King Cologne

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Picture of the Week—Jupiter and Ganymede

How far we have come from 1609, when Galileo Galilei first aimed his telescope towards the little twinkly dots in the sky and saw stars and planets

Yertle the Turtle, Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley and The Order of Odd Fish were among those selected as Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008.

Smithsonian Notable Books for Children 2008

Surprising, inspiring and outstanding titles for youngsters and the grownups that read to them

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A Japanese Princess Gets Her Royal Due at the Sackler Gallery

A new exhibition

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Lessons in Space Exploration From Lewis and Clark

The similarities between the Lewis and Clark expedition of 1803 to 1806 and a manned mission to Mars are not immediately obvious

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Make Your Own Pet Dinosaur

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American Art Showcases Two Sides of Nature in Photographs

A bagel with lox, a uniquely American combination.

A Brief History of the Bagel

Since its origins, the bagel is a staple that's inspired fierce loyalties

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Taking a Closer Look at Archaeopteryx

What Would YOU Do With a Fusion Bomb?

Smithsonian’s blogging chief Laura Helmuth has a question for the readers of this blog, inspired by Charles Seife’s latest book

Jocelyn Kaiser graduated from Princeton University with a degree in chemical engineering. She now writes for Science magazine and is the author of Gene Therapy in a New Light, which appears in Smithsonian's January 2009 issue.

Jocelyn Kaiser on "Gene Therapy in a New Light"

Harrison: "Practically every product in the Sears, Roebuck line I had a hand in at one time or another."

Interview with Charles Harrison

The Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt honors the prolific industrial designer with its Lifetime Achievement Award

Inauguration of President Kennedy on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol.

Inauguration History

Inaugural Firsts

When was the first inaugural parade? Who had the longest inaugural address? A look at presidential inaugurations through time

James McPherson is a professor emeritus of American history at Princeton University and author of Commander in Chief, which appears in the January 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine.

James M. McPherson on "Lincoln as Commander in Chief"

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