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The chikungunya virus has escaped Africa and is traveling around the world via a widespread, invasive, voracious mosquito
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A cycling entrepreneur has turned to the durable plant as a low-tech and affordable option for building bikes
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Seven D.C. interns tackled a challenging task: visiting 17 Smithsonian museums located in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia in one day
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We've all used a fishy metaphor in the past, but use the wrong one and you can look pretty stupid
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Today marks the 100th anniversary of the Nakhla meteorite falling to Earth. See and touch this piece of Mars at the Natural History Museum
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Entomophagy—the fancy Latin term for eating insects—is beginning to catch on in the Western Hemisphere
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The site became a must-see dinosaur landmark in 1957, and in a few months, visitors will once again be able to see the spectacular quarry wall
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James Smithson died June 27, 1829, setting in motion a series of circuitous events that would lead to the eventual creation of the Smithsonian Institution
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Contrary to a snarky review, this monograph is one of the most important works ever published in the history of vertebrate paleontology
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I was horrified to see the world's creepiest menagerie of alien-looking sea creatures wandering through my walk-in
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Guitarist Vernon Reid takes on a new project, the multimedia show, Artificial Afrika; see the performance at the Portrait Gallery this weekend
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A wedding dress made from a WWII parachute makes for a sweet story
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The common thread among these recent releases is that the best food stories are really about people
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Loggers, hunters, developers, fishers, polluters and whalers are the evil villains in this movie genre
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If you like Westerns but wonder what it would be like to replace cattle with Triceratops and horses with Tyrannosaurs, give this book a look
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Corked bats and juiced balls have long plagued baseball, but do they really help a player’s game? Four scientists found surprising answers
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Not even rumors of apparitions could stop a group of eager drinking companions from investigating these ghost town bars
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June 24-26, take a look inside the Smithsonian Castle, a story you and your children will love and a new way to view the National Portrait Gallery
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"I was learning for the first time about all the gremlins that stand between the researcher and The Answer."
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