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The Skipper got a bite!

Castaway Cuisine, Fictional and Real

How would you survive if stranded on a desert island with only your wits and the resources at hand?

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The Cambrian Explosion in Song

What does a music teacher do when he ends up teaching science?

Winterton Conway Curtis (1875-1969) testified on behalf of John T. Scopes during the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925.

Newly Digitized Images of the Scopes Monkey Trial Reveal the Witnesses

The Smithsonian Institution Archives commemorate the 86th anniversary of The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes with 25 newly digitized portraits

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Wyoming Paleontology Dispatch #1: Why 56 Million Years Ago?

What did the earth look like during the Paleocene Epoch? A Smithsonian researcher investigates

After an hour or two of searching, Scott Wing and his team found a spot to set up camp.

Wyoming Dispatch #2: The Scene at Field Camp

Before digging, the paleobiologists must go through the arduous process of setting up camp

A pig-nosed turtle at the Shedd Aquarium

The Decline of the Pig-Nosed Turtle

Saving the turtle from extinction could be complicated, scientists find

Rhubarb is delicious.

Five Ways to Eat Rhubarb

Summer and rhubarb go hand in hand. So do strawberries and rhubarb—in pie. But what else can you cook up with the vegetable?

The skull of Stegoceras

Dome-Headed Dinos Well-Suited to Butting Heads

The researchers compared the skulls of Stegoceras and Prenocephale with head-butting mammals including elk, duiker and musk ox

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Six-Million-Year-Old Whale Fossil Discovered by NMNH Researchers in Panama

This story has been temporarily removed as it is undergoing further review. Please explore other ocean-related content here.

All Power to the People: The Story of the Black Panther Party, 1970

“For All the World to See” Taking Another Look at the Civil Rights Movement

"For All The World To See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights," encourages visitors to take another look at the civil rights movement

The formidable hand claw of Dryptosaurus

Dryptosaurus’ Surprising Hands

This enigmatic tyrannosauroid may have had the novel combination of short arms with big hands

Foodies have a special relationship with their kitchen.

Inviting Writing: What’s Your Relationship to Your Kitchen?

Tell us a true, original story. Is your kitchen your laboratory, your sanctuary, your prison, your playroom?

Naked mole rats from the Smithsonian Institution's National Zoo

14 Fun Facts About Naked Mole Rats

Number 11: A mole rat's incisors can be moved independently and can even work together like a pair of chopsticks

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July 11: Today’s Events for the Last Day of the Folklife Festival

Make the most of the last events by trying Amazonian tucupí broth, made of scalded cassava, or try your hand at the tango

A 1941 Goddard Rocket on display in the Milestones of Flight gallery at the National Mall building.

Events Post July 11-15: ExplorAsia, Addy’s World, the Goddard 1940/41 Rocket, Al Najoom and Hubble 3D

Keith Hampton, a sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, is starting to poke holes in the theory that technology has weakened our relationships.

How Technology Makes Us Better Social Beings

Sociologist Keith Hampton believes technology and social networking affect our lives in some very positive ways

A visitor samples southeast Asian food at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival

July 10: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

An abstract sculpture representing Colombian urban buildings at the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.

July 9: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival

The author riding in the Stearman with pilot Matt Quy.

Up in the Sky! Tuskegee Airmen Plane Barnstorms Into the Smithsonian Collections

The Stearman biplane will be put on display when the museum opens on the Mall in 2015 and will remain a vivid, perpetual tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen

Humpback whale female with cooperating males around her. She just slapped her pectoral on the surface which caused the bubbles.

Flip Nicklin, Whale Photographer Extraordinaire, Tells Tales at the Ripley Center

Flip Nicklin, one of the world's leading whale photographers, shares stories from his career at the Ripley Center for a Smithsonian Associates event

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