When Young George Washington Started a War
A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War
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A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War
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When Young George Washington Started a War
A just-discovered eyewitness account provides startling new evidence about who fired the shot that sparked the French and Indian War
Where Does the Word 'Teetotaler' Come From? and More Questions From Our Readers
You've got questions, we've got experts
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You've got questions, we've got experts
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Where Does the Word ‘Teetotaler’ Come From? And More Questions From Our Readers
You've got questions, we've got experts
In This Interactive Football League, Fans Pick the Plays
Your Call Football's streaming app platform lets fans control the actions of real live players, earning points and winning prizes
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Your Call Football's streaming app platform lets fans control the actions of real live players, earning points and winning prizes
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In This Interactive Football League, Fans Pick the Plays
Your Call Football's streaming app platform lets fans control the actions of real live players, earning points and winning prizes
How Lonnie Bunch Built a Museum Dream Team
An exclusive excerpt from the Smithsonian Secretary’s new book, ‘A Fool’s Errand’
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An exclusive excerpt from the Smithsonian Secretary’s new book, ‘A Fool’s Errand’
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How Lonnie Bunch Built a Museum Dream Team
An exclusive excerpt from the Smithsonian Secretary’s new book, ‘A Fool’s Errand’
Scientists Recreate the Face of a Denisovan Using DNA
By mapping gene expressions, researchers can determine some anatomical features of our distant hominin relatives
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By mapping gene expressions, researchers can determine some anatomical features of our distant hominin relatives
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Scientists Recreate the Face of a Denisovan Using DNA
By mapping gene expressions, researchers can determine some anatomical features of our distant hominin relatives
North America Has Lost Nearly 3 Billion Birds Since 1970
The staggering population loss of 29 percent of North American birds could signal an ecological crisis
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The staggering population loss of 29 percent of North American birds could signal an ecological crisis
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North America Has Lost Nearly 3 Billion Birds Since 1970
The staggering population loss of 29 percent of North American birds could signal an ecological crisis
Joachim Gans, the First Practicing Jew to Set Foot in North America, Finally Gets His Due
The metallurgist came to the Roanoke settlement looking for raw materials to support the English war effort
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The metallurgist came to the Roanoke settlement looking for raw materials to support the English war effort
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Joachim Gans, the First Practicing Jew to Set Foot in North America, Finally Gets His Due
The metallurgist came to the Roanoke settlement looking for raw materials to support the English war effort
How the New Movie 'Ad Astra' Offers a Plausible Vision of Late-21st Century Space Travel
Shuttle astronaut Garrett Reisman helped writer-director James Gray make his space adventure authentic(ish)
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Shuttle astronaut Garrett Reisman helped writer-director James Gray make his space adventure authentic(ish)
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Could Eating Sea Urchins Help Revive Kelp Forests?
A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
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A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
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Could Eating Sea Urchins Help Revive Kelp Forests?
A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
Paul Simon Has 50 Ways to Charm an Audience
As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
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As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
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Paul Simon Has 50 Ways to Charm an Audience
As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
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The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
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How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
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Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
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The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
How the 'Blonde Rattlesnake' Stirred Public Fascination With Female Accomplices
In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
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In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
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How the ‘Blonde Rattlesnake’ Stirred Public Fascination With Female Accomplices
In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian
Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
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Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
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Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian
Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
Want to Dig For Dinosaur Bones? Join the Pros at These Spots
These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
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These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
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Want to Dig For Dinosaur Bones? Join the Pros at These Spots
These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
Using Art to Talk About the Holocaust in ‘The Evidence Room’
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
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Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
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Using Art to Talk About the Holocaust in ‘The Evidence Room’
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
How Composer John Cage Transformed the Piano—With the Help of Some Household Objects
With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
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With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
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How Composer John Cage Transformed the Piano—With the Help of Some Household Objects
With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
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Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
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Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
How Tiny, Microbe-Propelled Bots Could Deliver Drugs in Our Bodies
Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
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Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
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How Tiny, Microbe-Propelled Bots Could Deliver Drugs in Our Bodies
Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
How Zookeepers Built Karl, the Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, a New 3-D Beak
For this species, a beak is everything and Karl has had his old one re-tooled for hunting and communication
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For this species, a beak is everything and Karl has had his old one re-tooled for hunting and communication
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When Karl Met Karoline
Meet Karl. He’s an Abyssinian ground hornbill, a bird native to the grasslands of north-central Africa and listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?
New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
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New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
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Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?
New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax