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It feels like it. But there is plenty of innovative thinking shaping the future of public transportation. You just need to look elsewhere to find it
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The deadliest disaster in New York before 9/11 killed many women and children and ultimately erased a German community from the map of Manhattan
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A Christchurch gentleman claimed to have knocked two cyclists off the road with his black H-2 Hummer and threatened to "nail" more
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In the years preceding the Internet, futurist books hinted at the massive information infrastructure that was to come
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With nothing but numbers, logic and some basic know-how, the inventor of the Turing Test explained how to make a stripe
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Here's a quick look at the five nominees
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Amid growing concerns that skyscrapers were blocking sunlight for people on the ground, a British architect proposed a novel solution
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Smithsonian paleontologist Matthew Carrano explains how to identify dinosaurs from isolated teeth
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Researchers have made a flurry of discoveries related to memory loss recently. But will they really help us find a way to keep brains from shutting down?
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The groundbreaking ceremony for the Smithsonian's newest museum, scheduled to open in 2015, will feature Obama, Laura Bush and others
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Sir Basil Zaharoff was the archetypal "merchant of death"—an arms salesman who made a career out of selling to both sides in a conflict
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There are two delicacies unique to the Canary Islands that every visitor should try at least once—and in the case of one of them, once is quite enough
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As far as the microwaves were concerned, the 7-inch-long tube did not exist -- is true invisibility that far away?
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Even the world's most formidable consumers eventually became food themselves
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Which are the best shorts to watch and which one will take home the award next weekend?
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There are reasons to be very positive about this result, but also reasons to be very cautious
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On a search through the Smithsonian archives, Pahn follows one tradition after another to find that music is the connective thread that binds many cultures
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A reader spots what may be the wrinkliest dinosaur of all time
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