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Zuccotti Park -- tourist destination?

Zuccotti Park: Protest Site as Tourist Attraction

Getting a feel for the sliver of green in lower Manhattan that Occupy Wall Street Protesters call home

Upon his arrest for murder, Roscoe Arbuckle was booked into custody and denied bail.

The Skinny on the Fatty Arbuckle Trial

When the million-dollar movie comedian faced a manslaughter charge, the jury was indeed scandalized—at how his reputation had been trashed

Snowpocalypse scrapple with ketchup, served with a side of toast.

Scrapple: the Meatloaf of the Morning

Like the McRib, scrapple is a distinctively American pork product and a regional favorite

The skull Gilmore described as "Gorgosaurus lancensis"

The Origin of a Little Tyrant

Is "Nanotyrannus" a small-bodied tyrannosaur, a juvenile of some unknown species, or a young Tyrannosaurus rex?

The author with his packed bicycle at San Francisco International Airport at the outset of the journey.

Beam Me Home, Please

Putting one’s means of transportation into a box while miles of travel remain is as clever as stepping into a shopping bag and attempting to carry oneself

A silver Chinese box in the shape of a flower, Tang Dynasty, late 7th to early 8th century

Two New Shows of Asian Art Open at the Freer Gallery

A pair of exhibitions trace the evolution of classical art in Korea and China

Ecologists warn that New England's maples could be at risk

Ecology Explains How the World Works

This is not a glamorous science; no one will ever accuse an ecologist of being in it for the money

Hominid fossils dating to 1.8 million years ago have been found in Dmanisi, Georgia. Researchers are using computers to find more fossils in the region.

Computers Are Good Fossil Hunters

New technology is allowing researchers to narrow their searches for places where ancient hominids were likely to have lived, traveled and left fossils

The Geobulb LED light bulb

Don’t Curse the Darkness, Get One of the Bright New Lights

It's time to say good-bye to the iconic, but inefficient incandescent bulb and welcome in LEDs

The tyrannosaur Gorgosaurus in a classic death pose (although note that the tail is almost entirely missing and speculatively reconstructed).

SVP Dispatch: Dinosaur Round-Up

At the close of the annual paleontology meeting, dinosaur science seems more vibrant than ever

The "Chandos Portrait" of Shakespeare–dating to c.1600 and one of only two that may have been painted from life–is thought to be the work of the playwright's "intimate friend" John Taylor of the Painter-Stainers' Company (though it may not show Shakespeare at all). Its be-earringed playwright, pictured without the usual ruff, seems to show an altogether tougher character than the figure that appears in more familiar likenesses.

William Shakespeare, Gangster

Fireworks during Diwali

New York to Mumbai, By Way of Amsterdam

A flight of firsts.

Stanford Addison, the Arapaho horse whisperer featured in the film, "Silent Thunder."

Events Nov. 7-10: Silent Thunder, Cyborgs, Inventing the Internet and Andy Warhol Cinema

This week, see an inspiring film, learn about the future of biotechnology, hear stories from the Internet's birth and examine Warhol's innovative films

Do you freeze your jeans?

The Myth of the Frozen Jeans

Cold temperatures aren't enough to kill off any bacteria on your clothing

Sign for Upper Jay

Inviting Writing: Thanksgiving

"Going West" by Thomas Hart Benton

Auctioning a Beloved Thomas Hart Benton Collection

Perhaps the nation's best collection of Benton prints was assembled by an idiosyncratic Texan named Creekmore Fath

Cronkite’s untouchable aura of authority led droves of viewers to change their opinions on Vietnam (above, Hue, Vietnam, 1968).

Walter Cronkite and a Different Era of News

The legendary CBS anchorman was the "most trusted" man in America

Glen Canyon National Recreation Area

Not Finding the Lost Explorer Everett Ruess

A recent book only adds to the enduring mystery of a legendary Southwest wanderer

The skull of Utahceratops, one of the unusual dinosaurs from southern Utah

SVP Dispatch: Life on the Lost Continent

At the annual SVP meeting, paleontologists review just how western North America got so many weird dinosaurs

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Meet Rosebud, the Zoo’s Black-Footed Ferret

Smithsonian readers help the zoo name a young creature

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