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Mountain gorillas are rare and endangered, and they have the misfortune to live in a part of the world wracked by human violence
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Last month, then president-elect Obama devoted one of his weekly addresses to science
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Now its a pageant, but the post inauguration meal used to be a pretty mild affair
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Sure, it’s zero degrees outside. But you can handle it
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Did you hear? A western lowland gorilla named Mandara gave birth last Saturday at Smithsonian’s National Zoo
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No ticket to a fancy ball this Inaugural weekend? I suggest you wander up to the third floor of the Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Here at Smithsonian, we’re big fans of the Amazing Randi, not least because he’s a fan of the magazine (he told us so)
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