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How Artists, Writers and Scientists of the Past Documented Climate Change
An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the ...
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Immerse Yourself in the ‘Hyperwall,’ NASA’s New Visual Showcase of a Changing Earth
A new exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History combines satellite observations and historical data ...
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Six Lodge-to-Lodge Hikes That Will Have You Falling in Love With Slow Travel
Slow down and see the world on these six lodge-to-lodge hikes.
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An Art Dealer Bought This Painting at a Barn Sale for $50. It Turned Out to Be an Emily Carr Worth Nearly $150,000
The Canadian Post-Impressionist artist was famous for her evocative landscapes and paintings incorporating motifs from First ...
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Scientists Who Developed the Building Blocks of Artificial Intelligence Win Nobel Prize in Physics
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton shared the award for their work on artificial neural networks and machine learning ...
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How a Newspaper Revolution Sparked Protesters and Influencers: Disinformation and the Civil War
How the most divided period in the history of U.S. democracy – the mid-1800s – coincided with a sudden boom in new ...
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Hurricane Helene’s Floodwaters Damaged 80 Percent of Buildings in Asheville’s River Arts District
Home to more than 300 artists, the neighborhood was submerged under the record-high waters of the French Broad River ...
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See the Tools and Gadgets From Julia Child’s Kitchen That Reveal How the Beloved Chef Cooked
From the microwave to the food processor, the book author and television personality tried many appliances and devices to ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Could Eelgrass Be the Next Big Bio-Based Building Material?
On the island of Laeso in Denmark, one man is reviving the lost art of eelgrass thatching and, in doing so, bringing ...
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Astronomers Are Watching for a Once-in-a-Lifetime Nova Explosion. When Will We See It?
A recurrent nova, known as the Blaze Star or T Coronae Borealis, is predicted to soon appear in the night sky. But the exact ...
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This Painting Was Thought to Be a Botticelli Copy. Now, Researchers Say It Was Made in His Studio
A new analysis suggests that the piece was created by several artists working in the Italian Renaissance painter's studio—and ...
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American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for ‘Groundbreaking’ Gene Discovery Made by Studying Worms
Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun discovered microRNA, tiny molecules that play a crucial role in how cells develop, paving the ...