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Events in and around the Smithsonian for the upcoming weekend
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Toxoplasma gondii alters activity in a rat's brain
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The landmark collection of Peace Corps artifacts donated at a ceremony this morning is more than a memento of the program's 50 years of existence
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Guest blogger and musician Michael Pahn prefers his fiddle to a violin, though they are the same instrument
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In Sicily, enjoy perhaps the finest eating tomato of all, the luscious Pachino
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I have my dinner—cheese, a four-pound organic tomato, a sack of figs and a jar of pickled chanterelles—and I’m ready to get lost on the mountain roads
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This Saturday, September 24, be sure to download a free ticket to visit any one of more than 1,300 participating museums nationwide
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A new boxed DVD set examines the history of the West in films
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Following the collapse of the ballyhooed solar firm, these are dark times for renewable energy. But big players are betting it's treehugger fantasy
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Our mouths can water over non-food items, a new study finds
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In it's own weird way, Raptor is the matryoshka doll of awful dinosaur cinema
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The legend of the michigan is as murky as the water in a hot-dog vendor's cart at the end of the day
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Silversmith Ubaldo Vitali, recently featured in a Renwick Gallery exhibition, was just awarded a "genius grant."
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Curators review family heirlooms brought in to the B.B. King Museum in Indianola
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"Football is on trial," President Theodore Roosevelt declared in 1905. So he launched the effort that saved the game
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The find may help sort out the history of troodontid dinosaurs in North America
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What sets the program apart is the fact that science is woven into each episode, whether it's Carcharodontosaurus duking it out or spinosaurs hunting
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