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Cesar Lopez and cellist Sandra Parra perform in Bogota with his “escopetarra” at the launch of Colombia’s 2008 peace week

Colombia Dispatch 7: Turning Guns into Guitars

Musician Cesar Lopez invented a new type of guitar, made from the shell of an automatic weapon

Women assemble tagua jewelry at the Tagueria in Bogota.

Colombia Dispatch 8: The Tagua Industry

Sometimes called "vegetable ivory," tagua is a white nut that grows in Colombia that is making a comeback as a commodity worth harvesting

Medellin’s new metro cable system carries commuters in gondolas up a steep mountainside

Colombia Dispatch 9: The Story of Medellin

The Colombian city of Medellin is synonymous with the drug trade, but city leaders are hoping to keep the peace by building up communities

A fifth-grade class of demobilized paramilitary and guerrilla soldiers at Medellin’s Center for Peace and Reconciliation

Colombia Dispatch 10: Education for Demobilized Forces

In exchange for laying down their arms, soldiers from Medellin's armed militias are receiving a free education, paid for by the government

Enrique Peñalosa, former mayor of Bogota, rides a bicycle

Colombia Dispatch 11: Former Bogota mayor Enrique Peñalosa

The former mayor of Colombia's capital city transformed Bogota with 'green' innovations that employed the poor and helped the environment

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Colombia Dispatch 12: Still Striving for Peace

In spite of all the positive work that has done in recent years, there are concerns that the government may be cracking down too hard in the name of peace

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Tadashi Kawamata Builds Tree Houses in New York City

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Show Us Your Costume

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The Next Generation in Hearing Aids

Mammuthus primigenius calf nicknamed Mascha

How Much for a Mummy Dinosaur?

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The Dinosaur in Winter

Disclaimer: enormous cranium notwithstanding, that’s not me in the picture

Evolving a Better Bank Balance

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Doe (a Deer, a Female Deer) Born at the Zoo

An Eld's Deer joins the National Zoo family

Tyrannosaurus rex

How Dinosaur Poop Got Its Name

The term “coprolite” has its roots in the Greek language, derived from kopros, which means dung, and lithos, which means stone

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Missives from the Annual SVP Meeting (Society of Veterbrate Paleontology)

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Dance of the Desert: Hindu Folk Performance Brings Raucous Rhythms to the Mall

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What Dinosaurs Walked Here?

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The Sound of Silent Film: The Devil's Music Ensemble and Red Heroine at the Freer

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Dinospore

Author of Snoop: What Your Stuff Says About You, Sam Gosling.

How to Be a Snoop

The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results

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