
Smithsonian Magazine Which Sesame Street character from around the world is your favorite?
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Over the course of the 40 years that the program has been on the air, Sesame Street has spawned versions in countries around the world

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One of the oldest archaeological sites not on a heritage list, this Pacific state, like Easter Island, is an engineering marvel

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The FlexStraw owes its existence to Joseph B. Friedman, (1900 - 1982) an independent American inventor, who came up with numerous interesting ideas that never really succeeded in the marketing world

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early on in the discussion Sereno puzzled over why Darwin neglected many fossils, and dinosaurs in particular, in his most famous book

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It's a sad day at the National Zoo. Merlin, the National Zoo's 27-year-old sloth bear, died this morning after a 48-hour illness.

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Since Darwin's time, scientists have puzzled over his wolf-like canid, now known as the Falklands wolf

Smithsonian Magazine Have you ever tried eating the tops of your carrots?
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Last weekend, I picked up some beautiful carrots—the kind that Bugs Bunny would drool over; classic orange cones topped with plumes of greenery—at an organic farmstand.

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The presence of the rooster's wattle has long been a puzzle because it seems to serve no purpose.

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The National Zoo's Conservation Research Center in Front Royal, Virginia, received a grant to create the first ever captive population of the endangered Virginia big-eared bat.

Smithsonian Magazine Who is your favorite documentary filmmaker?
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For 50 years, John Marshall documented one of Africa's last remaining hunter- gatherer tribes in more than 700 hours of film footage

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Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science

Smithsonian Magazine At what age did you stop going trick-or-treating?
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The custom of trick-or-treating may have Celtic origins, related to the pagan celebration of Samhain, which marked the end of the harvest and the threshold of a new season

Smithsonian Magazine What are you dressing up as for Halloween?
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And if you’ve been invited to a Halloween party and are still searching for a costume with just the right flare, look no further than the Smithsonian. The collection is stocked with creative crunch-time costumes for your trick-or-treating convenience





























