The Freer's art is indeed stunning, but the quiet elegance of its new glass cases catches the eye of this visitor
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Trial by jury has had some ups and downs, but it beats what led up to it--trial by combat, and ordeal by fire, water or poison
A nursery school at the Yerkes Primate Center gives lessons to the offspring of lab chimps on how to live like their wild-born relatives
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Arid lands mean life on the edge. Adaptations serve flowers well, but deserts are always mosaics of abundance and seeming sterility
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In 1940 the hard-driving Harvard biochemist Edwin Cohn broke plasma down into its different proteins and saved millions of soldiers' lives
Our historic concern for conservation now leads us into many areas related to endangered species and biodiversity
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Taking to the podium throughout his life,the former slave fought with tireless eloquenceto "secure the Blessings of Liberty" for all
The electronic transformation that is under way at the Smithsonian will fulfill a central promise of democracy
At the site of a new Smithsonian museum, a team of archaeologists dug up traces of a 19th-century neighborhood
Razors have come a long way in 7,000 years, but preparation and a steady hand remain the survival skills each time steel meets skin
A century after his birth, four decades after his death, the amazing Babe maintains a powerful grip on America's imagination
From the muddy yard of a private collector to the dresser drawers of a dealer, Mitchell Wolfson ransacks the world for his finds
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A silver speedster from the 1930s evokes the golden age of flight, a pair of world-class speed records and the early triumphs of Howard Hughes' life
In a universe filled with prebiotic compounds,it may be only a small step for some of them to hook up in ways that lead directly to life
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When a big mainframe first showed up at Ohio State University, this member of the artfaculty began moonlighting across the quad
Gentle whale sharks roam the world's warm seas but were rarely seen until an Australian gathering place was found
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Stephen Crane was fascinated by the seamy side of life, but his works elevated fiction to new heights
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