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Angel Wars: The Messengers




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Taxis no longer accepting Medicaid vouchers: In Bethel




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It’s the office




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Readers Respond to the March 2020 Issue

Your feedback on our coverage of women's history, wolverines and Madame C.J. Walker




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Readers Respond to the April 2020 Issue

Your feedback on our 50th anniversary issue showcasing success stories in conservation




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Stefan Ingves: The Riksbank's measures to mitigate the effects of the corona crisis on the economy

Speech by Mr Stefan Ingves, Governor of the Sveriges Riksbank, at the Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm, 3 April 2020.




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Tony Rudd - Machadaynu (remix by The Freelance Hairdresser) - *Official Video*       [3m15s]


Original audio available as an mp3 from: http://soundcloud.com/the-freelance-hairdresser - also visit http://www.soundhog.co.uk for the rest [...]




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The Best Rally Crashes & Accidents 2011....... (No Music)       [9m37s]


All different rally crashes from around the globe/web with just the sounds of the cars and spectators! None of this silly music people keep masking [...]




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The Rough-and-Tumble Sport of Roller Derby Is All About Community

Participants promote a family-oriented fellowship of friends who like to beat each other up while wearing skates




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A Tiny Island Off the Coast of Maine Could Be a Renewable Energy Model for the Rest of the World

Remote Isle au Haut is integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations to create its own microgrid




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Not All Cherry Blossoms Are the Same

View these vivid illustrations by Japanese artist Kōkichi Tsunoi of the varieties of trees presented to the United States in 1912




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These Photos From the First Decade of Smithsonian Magazine Show Where Art and Science Meet

How do you select one image to represent half a century of photography and art? You don’t




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Native American Photographers Develop the Stories of Their People

Through their images, these artists combat the stereotypes perpetuated by American history and culture




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Education During the Coronavirus Crisis

With school closures underway, teachers, students and parents around the globe venture into remote learning. Here are some resources to help.




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Let These Photos Take You on a Peaceful Paddle in Minnesota's Boundary Waters

Venturing into the wilderness for often weeks at a time, nature photographer Dawn LaPointe is used to social distancing




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As Face Mask Supply Dwindles, Fashion Designers Offer Their Assistance

In New York City, a desperate need among healthcare workers has pushed to the forefront the question: Is homemade equipment safe to use?




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Check Out These Educational Livestreams This Week

Authors, scientists and others are offering fun livestream lessons and performances to keep kids engaged during isolation




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The Art of the Teleconference

Transform your Zoom virtual background or computer desktop into a work of art




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Watch These Six Flower Bloom Events From Your Couch

Tulips, cherry blossoms and orchids supply a ray of hope during self-isolation




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LeVar Burton Reads Stories on Twitter and Other Livestream Learning Opportunities This Week

Learn hip-hop dance or do citizen science without leaving home this week, thanks to the internet's many intrepid artists and educators




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Why Is This Year’s Passover Seder Different From All Other Years'?

A Smithsonian folklorist examines Jewish humor in the midst of a pandemic




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These Are the Winning Photos of Smithsonian Magazine's 17th Annual Photo Contest

From Vietnam to Antarctica, this year's winners bring you amazing glimpses of a changing world—and the indefatigable human spirit




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A Photographic Tour of the World's Most Colorful Places

The new book 'The Rainbow Atlas' invites readers on a vivid journey across the globe




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At a Kentucky Farm, Champion Thoroughbreds Live Out Their Retirements

Steeds who made headlines for winning races now get to enjoy their final years at a slower pace




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How COVID-19 Could Inform the Future of Hospital Design

Modified hospital designs have become necessary as the first wave of the pandemic tears through U.S. communities




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How Robots Are on the Front Lines in the Battle Against COVID-19

Helping health care workers treat patients and public safety officials contain the pandemic, these robots offer lessons for future disasters




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How Street Artists Around the World Are Reacting to Life With COVID-19

Graffiti artists and muralists are sending messages of hope and despair with coronavirus public art




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How the Pandemic Is Affecting the Navajo Nation

A conversation about the challenges facing—and the resilience of—the largest reservation in the country, which has become a COVID-19 hotspot




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A Read-Along With Michelle Obama and Other Livestream Learning Opportunities

Schools are shuttered, but kids can dance with New York's Ballet Hispánico and listen to a story from a certain former First Lady




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New Virtual Exhibition Showcases the Healing Power of Art

“Care Package” showcases Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, writers and scholars as sources of solace during the Covid-19 pandemic




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The Best Places for Your Kids to Learn Real-Life Skills Online

Why not use quarantine as an opportunity to have your homeschoolers master woodworking or engine repair?




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Play the Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Crossword: May 4, 2020

Test your mettle with this puzzle created exclusively for our readers




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Play the Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Word Search: State Capitals

Find the capital cities, working from a list of state names




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Celebrate Mother's Day With These Artworks From the Smithsonian Collections

These paintings, sculptures and illustrations honor the bonds of motherhood




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How to Make Your Own Mother's Day Card from the SAAM Collections

Browse the collections for artworks with a CC0 license as part of the Smithsonian's Open Access Initiative,




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The Pit

A caver climbs a nylon rope the exit a moulin on the Greenland Ice Sheet.




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Morning Mist in the Sawtooths

Stanley Lake with McGown Peak in the background.




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Solar Power on the Lake

Workers are checking solar power system on the lake. This is the first solar water power plant project in Vietnam. It is in Da Mi lake, Binh Thuan, Vietnam. With a capacity of 47.5 MWp, electricity output is nearly 70 million kWph / year.




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Prince for the Day

This little prince is eagerly awaiting the arrival of his Birthday guests. Unbeknownst to him, so is his feline friend.




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In the darkness

Egret walking through the swamp on a foggy morning




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Fishing Down the Stream

Fishing down the stream




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Magical setting at the Pole

A young white bear from Manitoba while lazily enjoying a soft snowfall. It is morning in Hudson Bay, Canada, and the bear has just woken up. I succeeded in capturing it at an extreme temperature (-26 °), in a surreal silence, after observing its habits for a few days. The polar bear spends most of its time sleeping and lounging in the snow. It only moves when it's hungry. To hunt its favorite prey - the seal - it is willing to walk hundreds of miles. Its refined nose allowes the bear to sneak up on its prey with a paw when the seal rises to the surface to breathe.




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Two girls at the Heydar Aliyev Center

Two girls run up the rounded walls of the Heydar Aliyev Center in the heart of Baku.




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Guanaco at Sunset, With Torres Del Paine in the Background

A Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) surveys its surroundings from a vantage point at sunset, with the imposing Torres del Paine (Chile) in the background. Scouts like this individual keep an eye out for predators.




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Lines of the farms

The water-floating farms in the Inle Lake, Myanmar.




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watching the sky

a little is watching the sky




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What's up there?

Part of an extended family of lions, this little lion cub practiced his climbing skills in a tree. Trying to judge what was above him, he looked up, giving me an adorable shot.




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Village on the Cliff

Hidden behind mountains, charming village,on the edge of the cliff with waterfall. What a place to live




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The Birth of a New Community

A new housing community in Northern California. Aerial image (photographed from a plane at sunset).




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In the Arm of Mother Nature

It was a quiet morning at Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, Sun was opening up and the mist from the night was clearing. As we made a drive through the wood we saw this beautiful leopardess perching on her favourite tree. This leopardess was marking her presence by rubbing her scent glands to the tree trunk by hugging it. This behaviour was very interesting to witness as it was marking her scent on the top branches of the tree. This is one of the favourite pictures that I took recently because of the whole setup. Artistically one can visualize the tree branch as an "Arm of the Mother Nature" and leopard is holding on to it. It shows the unmitigated bonding shared between the tree and the Leopard.