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When Felicity Aston caught sight of Antarctica's coastal mountains, she told me, "they were like a neon sign flashing at me saying, 'You have finished!'"
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Why bother with cloning and time travel, when your dream safari awaits on a nearby planet?
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Does the noise in a Super Bowl stadium create enough power to fry up a dozen eggs?
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Instead of a long, low duck bill, the beak of Tethyshadros was shaped like a snowplow and serrated. Why it had such a strange beak is a mystery
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The sport was fodder for slapstick comedy, but as the technology evolved, so did the way in which filmmakers portrayed the gridiron on the big screen
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Take a look at the five upcoming exhibits we're most excited about
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Why can some--but only some--bluetongue skinks eat a toad that is poisonous to eat or even lick?
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What do you cook for famed chef Alice Waters? Washington's culinary celebrities faced this challenge at the unveiling of her portrait at the Smithsonian
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For the first time in two years, a litter of the South American mammals was born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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A new cartoon series counts the many things tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus couldn't do: cross-country ski, eat from a buffet, count to five
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In 1930, many football fans believed the college game was better than the professional one
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Presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this exhibit looks at the iconic founding father through the eyes of his slaves
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When housed in an aquarium with a swirling robotic school, what determines whether a fish will join the crowd?
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Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues
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As we approach one of the biggest snack days of the year, meet the "Tom Edison of snack food" who brought us the "Anglo corn chip"
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A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places
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Is that what it will take for NASA to get its mojo back? Or are there better ways to spend its money?
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What makes a snake stop squeezing? We do science to prove ourselves wrong, because the answer people predicted is not the correct answer
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This week, sketch at the Luce Foundation Center, learn about espionage during WWII, and enjoy a Cree film at the American Indian Museum
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How did a heavily armored dinosaur wind up at the bottom of Alberta's Cretaceous sea?
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