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The renowned composer has scored many of the most famous films of our time. But until this summer, he had never attempted a ...

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The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like ...

At the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, cabinets contain thousands of wood specimens, some of which ...

A new study finds that when female mountain gorillas move to a new crowd, they look for females they’ve already met ...

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A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

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