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Clifford Harvey Bolton




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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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North Korean People's Army Funky Get Down Juche Party       [2m51s]


Juche propaganda videos can be so boring. I edited one and added a better soundtrack. Have a funky good time with the North Korean People's Army [...]




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EDWARD ACZEL: DO I REALLY HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? PT1       [5m09s]


Edward Aczel reluctantly presents his shambles of a show, 'Do I Really Have To Communicate With You?'. Winner of the Malcolm Hardee Award for [...]




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In Search Of Intro (1981)       [44s]


U.S. TV series In Search Of Introduction.




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george bush and tony blair- gay bar       [2m20s]


geaorge bush and tony blair sing gay bar (originally by electric 6)




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Disneyland - 1.20 - Man in Space - Part 1 of 4       [15m00s]


Walt Disney began hosting his own television show for ABC in 1954 in an unusual contract: Disney provided ABC with a weekly hour-long television [...]




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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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This Week's Best Livestream Learning Opportunities

From doodle sessions to zoo tours, here's a week of online activities to keep your kids learning during the school shutdown




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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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Smithsonian Channel Has Released 68 Free ‘Aerial America’ Episodes for Your Quarantine Viewing

Do some armchair traveling and see the breathtaking vistas of all 50 states while learning about their histories




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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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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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Smithsonian Scientists Discover Six New Coronaviruses in Bats in Myanmar

The new viruses are not harmful to humans or closely related to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19




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How Innovators Are Adapting Existing Technologies to Fight COVID-19

Engineers around the world are tweaking drones, robots and smart tools to help prevent the spread of the virus




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How Andy Warhol Came to Paint Campbell's Soup Cans

He was talented and prosperous, but the young visionary worried the art world had left him behind. Then he discovered soup




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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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Twelve Board Games You Can Play With Friends From Afar

These virtual versions of classic and lesser-known games are ideal for social distancing




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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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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 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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See How Artists Have Turned Farm Silos Into Stunning Giant Murals

The projects are helping Australia's drought-stricken rural towns find new life as outdoor art galleries




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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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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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In the darkness

Egret walking through the swamp on a foggy morning




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Synchronized march

Set of American Flamingos at Rio Lagartos Biosphere Reserve in Mexico, march in a synchronized formation whilst trying to find some food




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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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Eyes of Darkness

This was one of the most spine chilling experience that I had in my entire time with wildlife It was a winter noon drive that we got into the woods of central India and soon we reached a particular point in the jungle we got intense langur calls saying the presence of a predator around After thorough checking for the same we found this subadult male tiger staring at us from the beside bushes It was really a spine chilling experience to see directly into a tigers eye at any time




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Lines of the farms

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




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Crabeater Seal swimming on a snowy day in Antarctica

A Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) swimming by an iceberg in Antarctica on a snowy day.




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Apricot orchard overlooking red rock cliffs

This photo shows the beautiful landscape of Capital Reef National Park with its amazing old orchards in foreground. Capital Reef has many old orchards of peaches, apples and apricots. The park lets you eat all you want if you eat it in the orchard.




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Harvest

Harvest




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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.




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Blue Insularis 5

The Blue Insularis is a venomous pit viper species commonly found in Indonesia. This is a photo of a specimen feeding on a frog, and with another snake close by trying to take a bite.




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Polar Bear's Realm

This male Polar Bear is walking across the frozen fjord in search of an active seal breathing hole, in the midnight sun.




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Hubbard's Sportive Lemur

Hubbard's Sportive Lemurs are nocturnal. This one curiously peeked out of its hollow tree trunk bedroom when we made a bit of noise. We spotted it from a distance at Zombitse National Park in Madagascar.




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Facing Blizzards and Accidents, Iditarod’s First Woman Champion Libby Riddles Persisted

A sled in the Smithsonian collections marks the historic race




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The Myth of 'Bloody Mary'

History remembers the English queen as a murderous monster, but the real story of Mary I is far more nuanced




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How the First Sports Bra Got Its Stabilizing Start

It all began when three frustrated women sought the no-bounce zone




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The Suffragist With a Passion for Saving Charleston's Historic Architecture

A century ago, Susan Pringle Frost tirelessly campaigned to save these South Carolina buildings from destruction




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Native Women Artists Reclaim Their Narrative

The first major exhibition of its kind, "Hearts of Our People," boasts 82 pieces from 115 Native women across North America




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Fifty Years Ago, the Crew of the Damaged Apollo 13 Came Home

Using the lunar module as a lifeboat and employing techniques never before considered, the astronauts' ordeal ended triumphantly




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Coffee's Dark History, the Sinking of the World's Most Glamorous Ship and Other New Books to Read

The third installment in our weekly series spotlights titles that may have been lost in the news amid the COVID-19 crisis