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How to Virtually Explore the Smithsonian From Your Living Room

Tour a gallery of presidential portraits, print a 3-D model of a fossil or volunteer to transcribe historical documents




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Travel the Globe—and Beyond—From Your Living Room

From virtual museum tours to space exploration, ancient worlds and natural phenomena, this hub has you covered




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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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Who Was Alexander von Humboldt?

Smithsonian curator Eleanor Jones Harvey explains why this revolutionary 19th-century thought leader is due for a reconsideration




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Shutting Down Hawai‘i: A Historical Perspective on Epidemics in the Islands

A museum director looks to the past to explain why 'Aloha' is as necessary as ever




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Five New Nonfiction Books to Read While You're Stuck at Home

We're highlighting newly released titles may have been lost in the news as the nation endures the coronavirus pandemic




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The Long, Fraught History of the Bulletproof Vest

The question of bulletproofing vexed physicians and public figures for years, before pioneering inventors experimented with silk




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The President's Cabinet Was an Invention of America's First President

A new book explores how George Washington shaped the group of advisors as an institution to meet his own needs




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The Charming Story of George Harrison’s Vacation in Small-Town America

The Beatles guitarist visited his sister in southern Illinois just months before he'd become world famous




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The Invention of Hiking

Follow the Frenchman who remade the woods surrounding a royal estate into the world’s first nature preserve




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How Smithsonian Curators Are Rising to the Challenge of COVID-19

In a nation under quarantine, chronicling a crisis demands careful strategy




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How 'Social Distancing' Can Get Lost in Translation

Governments around the world grapple with how to deliver important guidelines on minimizing the spread of COVID-19




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Six Online Courses About Europe to Take Before You Can Safely Travel There Again

Sheltering in place doesn’t mean you can’t study up for your next European adventure




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When Babe Ruth and the Great Influenza Gripped Boston

As Babe Ruth was emerging as baseball's great slugger in 1918, he fell sick with the flu




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How 13 Seconds Changed Kent State University Forever

The institution took decades to come to grips with the trauma of the killing of four students 50 years ago




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The 'Hard Hat Riot' of 1970 Pitted Construction Workers Against Anti-War Protesters

The Kent State shootings further widened the chasm among a citizenry divided over the Vietnam War




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This Pyramid Was Built to Honor a Highly Unusual Occupant

A newly discovered pyramid yields a baffling mystery: A royal tomb, usually reserved for kings, is found to contain a mystery woman. Who was she and why was she given such a great honor?




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Enact: Teach-In on the Environment

A filmed documentary on the University of Michigan 1970 environmental teach-in, asks the questions: Do teach-ins work? (The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan)




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How Smithsonian Researchers Are Studying Elephant Behavior

See how researchers at Smithsonian's National Zoo are trying to glean insight into elephant foraging behavior and more.




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The Roman Pilum Was Unmatched as a Ranged Weapon

The pilum, a vital weapon in Rome’s imperial ambitions, was a simple iron spear fixed with two bolts onto a heavy wooden post. It was remarkably effective against an attacker charging at high speed.




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Young Lions Try to Cross Crocodile-Infested Waters

A trio of teenage lions are desperate to cross the shallows of the Luangwa River, in order to reunite with their pride. One problem: The river is infested with crocodiles, waiting for an easy meal.




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How the Medieval Longbow Cut Down a French Army in 1346

The medieval English longbow first came to prominence during the Hundred Years War. In 1346, English forces used it to devastating effect to cut down a superior French army.




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These Ancient Stone Troughs Contained an Unlikely Beverage




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$612K award to Giant Mine contractor overturned

In a written decision released Thursday, a panel of three appeal court judges said the judge who granted the award to McCaw North Drilling and Blasting Ltd. misinterpreted a clause in the contract for the cleanup.



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Yukon campgrounds to open in June — but only to Yukoners

Yukon officials say the territory's campgrounds will open to campers on June 4, but the territory's borders will remain closed. They also issued guidelines for some health care services to reopen.



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RCMP charge Yellowknife man with murder in connection to death of Breanna Menacho

Yellowknife RCMP confirmed the death of the missing 22-year-old woman on Friday and charged 27-year-old Devon Larabie in connection with her death.



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Salt River First Nation on flood watch as Slave River water levels rise

Salt River First Nation in Fort Smith, N.W.T., is getting ready for a possible flood. 



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United in isolation, northern violinists team up for cross-country collaboration

A trio of young northern violinists recently joined their contemporaries across Canada for a project that aims to bring people together through music — while being apart.



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The story of Stella's Place, a lifesaving landmark on a remote winter road

The remote cabin could be the difference between life and death for travellers stuck on the territory’s long winter road. It was built to remember Stella Barnaby, who would have been 55 this Saturday.



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Yukon has a new Indigenous commercial pilot

Shadunjen van Kampen, a 21-year-old member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations in Yukon, recently completed her written exams and flight test. She plans to be a commercial bush pilot. 



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'A warming feeling' : Alberta veterinarian granted travel exemption to practice in the N.W.T. 

The government of the Northwest Territories has made an exemption on border restrictions for a veterinarian from Alberta to practice in the territory, after he received public and political support.



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Booze industry brouhaha over Yukon warning labels backfired, study suggests

Alcohol industry groups were successful in getting the Yukon government to pull labels warning of the connection between alcohol and cancer from liquor store shelves, but the strategy may have ultimately backfired, researchers suggest.



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Newly-elected chief of the Selkirk First Nation aims to bring housing, jobs to citizens

Darin Isaac was elected on Wednesday as the new chief of the Selkirk First Nation in Yukon. Isaac also held the position for two terms from 2005 to 2011. He has also served as a councillor for three terms.



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Two Ontario cities sell their electric utilities as Saint John quashes the idea

Days before Saint John council passed a motion to ensure Saint John Energy could not be sold, the Ontario cities of Peterborough and Orillia both got approval to sell their municipally owned power distribution companies.



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Man pleads guilty to violating ban on travel to N.B., to be flown back to Ontario

A 19-year-old man was flown back to Ontario after he pleaded guilty to violating New Brunswick’s emergency measures order prohibiting visitors from entering the province.



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New Brunswick daycares set to open on May 19

Some New Brunswickers will be heading back to work next week, but their regular childcare facilities may not be available. 



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New Brunswick and the liberation of The Netherlands: 75 years later

Canadians helped liberate the Netherlands 75 years ago this week.



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Boy, 17, dies in collision in Lower Coverdale

A 17-year-old boy from Riverview, N.B., has died after the small motorbike he was riding collided with a minivan in Lower Coverdale, a settlement southeast of Moncton. 



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Group looking for test case to challenge Higgs decision to close N.B. borders



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RCMP say grass fires near Sweetgrass First Nation were intentionally set

RCMP say they were first called about the fires at 10 p.m. CST on May 7.



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La Loche calls on province to close SLGA liquor store due to COVID-19 outbreak

The village of La Loche is calling on the provincial government to force the closure of liquor stores in the community, which is in the throes of a COVID-19 outbreak. 



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Saskatchewan to have higher than normal fire conditions this summer: Natural Resources Canada

Fire scientist say that Saskatchewan say Canadian Forest Service is updating their interactive maps every month from May to September this year so people can check the fire map in their region. Saskatchewan is one of the highest chances of fire this year.



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Man convicted of double murder in Fort Frances charged in $2.2M Winnipeg drug bust

Two men are charged in connection with an illegal drug distribution operation after Winnipeg police seized more than $2.2 million worth of methamphetamine, cocaine and ecstasy.



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Lutsen Mountains looks to major expansion, doubling ski area

A large destination resort in Minnesota, just a few hours south of Thunder Bay, Ont., has some big expansion plans.



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Thunder Bay Border Cats strike out as 2020 Northwoods League baseball season officially delayed

The Northwoods League announced Thursday that its 2020 season will not begin on May 26, as originally scheduled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.



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