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The National Zoo's seal-breeding program has another gray seal pup success
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Biologists are waxing poetic about these unusual oceanic core samples found in the ears of cetaceans
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Here's how to locate official presidential portraits, works of art, material culture and campaign memorabilia across the Smithsonian
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His experience helped make spaceflight safer
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Based on patent documents, here are eight innovations that could become part of the iPhone of the future
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More than just a magician, Houdini was also an actor, aviator, amateur historian and businessman
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That dramatic Dorothy in Oz moment was brought to you in living color by the DF-24 Beam Splitter
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A successful Kickstarter Campaign funds efforts to bring back their sparkle and keep them ruby
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The African Art Museum at its first award ceremony recognizes two international artists who have overcome personal hardships to excel
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The Sikorsky JRS-1 flew right through the middle of it on December 7, 1941
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Rodney Mullen, the godfather of skateboarding, says the sport is all about overcoming disbelief and seeking new connections
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William Bargar and Howard "Hap" Paul revolutionized joint replacement surgery by developing a robot to do the job
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Oncomouse was a genetically engineered animal designed to help scientists learn more about tumors
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Smithsonian curator Nancy Pope learns how and why these letters showed up in the mail 153 years later
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Sidedoor will air eight episodes in its first season; new episodes will debut every two weeks
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From a coloring book to a painted axe, election ephemera remind us of the hard-fought elections of long ago
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Art historian Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw discusses the painful performative origins
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This one vibrant color, rich in symbolism, unites two works across five centuries
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The trail-blazing Chicago chef and cookbook author wins the second annual Julia Child Award and makes a donation to the Smithsonian
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Something fishy this way comes
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