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Titanic leaving Belfast, Ireland for her sea trials, April 2, 1912

Events April 13-15: Visio-Disco, Royal Mail Ship Titanic Centennial, Insights into Coltrane and Hancock

Frankenstein is the same. It’s his story that changes.

E-Book Recreates a Monster

Frankenstein is back, but this time his story is interactive, as publishers scramble to "enhance" novels

About 83 million years separated Late Jurassic icons—such as this Torvosaurus—from Cretaceous celebrities like Tyrannosaurus.

On Dinosaur Time

Though the Age of Dinosaurs ended long ago, less time separates us from Tyrannosaurus rex than separated T. rex from Stegosaurus

The Glaucus atlanticus sea slug, or blue dragon, feeds on toxins from much larger species.

Glaucus Atlanticus: Science Picture of the Week

Atlanticus Pokemon, er, Sea Slug: What is this far-fetched ocean creature and why is it so poisonous?

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Video Games Are More Than Just a Feast for the Eyes

One blind family's visit to the landmark exhibition brought them closer to their goal—to impact the video game industry

Polly Adler and a friend

The House that Polly Adler Built

She entered the brothel business without apology and set out to become the best madam in America

Look up Tuesday morning and you might see this.

Where to Watch Discovery’s Flyover

The best spots to see space shuttle Discovery's descent to Dulles Airport

These Northern California abalone divers have bagged their limits and are out of the water again safely. On some "ab" dives, tragic accidents happen.

The Most Dangerous Game: Chasing a Sea Snail?

Abalone divers die of exhaustion, heart attacks, or becoming entangled in kelp. The fear of being eaten by a great white shark is persistent and haunting

In this undated family photo, Kalinka Bamberski, center, is on the beach with her father, Andre Bamberski and an unidentified woman.

What Happened to Kalinka Bamberski?

In an exclusive excerpt, read about the mysterious death of a young teenager that inspired a complicated web of European intrigue

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Film vs. Digital: The IMAX Edition

Filmmaker Greg MacGillivray discusses imminent changes to the IMAX format

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Where Did Katniss Get Its Name?

The tuber that gave its name to the heroine of the Hunger Games books has its roots in an era when European explorers met native Americans

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Dinosaurs From Space!

Might there be advanced, hyper-intelligent dinosaurs on other planets?

The IMAX camera shared majestic views of outer space to audiences down below

The Space Shuttle’s IMAX Cameras Touch Down at Air and Space

The IMAX cameras used to capture dozens of NASA missions are now part of the Air and Space Museum's collections

A pre-flood view of Vernazza

Springtime Comes to the Flood-Damaged Cinque Terre

The future is looking brighter for the cliffside Italian villages ravaged by last fall's rains

An artist's reconstruction of Homo georgicus

Four Species of Homo You've Never Heard Of

Homo helmei is one of several obscure species of our own genus that are represented by a few fossils that don’t fit neatly into existing hominid species

Design by Henry Dreyfuss for Delman Shoe Company, 1929

From the Smithsonian Collections: Famous Footwear

Famous footwear of the Smithsonian collections, from Chinese foot-binding booties to Dorothy's ruby slippers

Our beliefs about the morality of beaning a player with a pitch differ from our believe about other areas of life.

High and Inside: Morality and Revenge in Baseball

Does beaning in baseball represent an ethical holdover from our earlier days of family feuds and a culture of honor?

The original AMNH mount of Brontosaurus, reconstructed in 1905

Why Brontosaurus Still Matters

Though it never actually existed, Brontosaurus is an icon of just how much dinosaurs have changed during the past century

A farmer in the Congo harvests jackfruit, the largest tree fruit in the world.

More Fruits Worth a Voyage Around the World

Pawpaws are scarcely cultivated and even more rarely sold in markets, so pack a machete and a fruit bowl and get thee to the backwoods of Kentucky

One of the new portraits of Fred Korematsu, circa 1940

Fred Korematsu Joins Civil Rights Heroes in the Portrait Gallery

Two portraits of Fred Korematsu, the face of the Japanese American internment of World War II, have been donated to the National Portrait Gallery

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