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In 1969, the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, in Washington, D.C., debuted a new exhibit: “The Rat: Man’s Invited Affliction.” The display—complete with live rats—was different from what people were used to seeing from the venerable Smithsonian Institution. At the time, the main event at the Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) was an exhibit that focused on the fanfare of presidential campaigns and conventions.
Curating in the Cross Hairs: Is This the Smithsonian Chief’s Last Show?
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Scientists map more than 200 years of nature's progress
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2,000 years ago in Scotland, people removed a corpse's brain and fashioned the arm bones into tools
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Italian teenagers discover 1,800-year-old Roman luxury house underneath their high school gym
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Filipino lawyers move to raise legacy of Pablo Manlapit, forgotten leader of Hawaii labor movement
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17,000-year-old stripes of red in a Welsh cave are the oldest rock art in the UK, study finds
17,000-year-old stripes of red in a Welsh cave are the oldest rock art in the UK, study finds Over a century after a red-lined cave wall was discovered, scientists have determined that it represents the U.K.'s oldest rock art. For a century, experts dismissed a series of parallel red lines discovered in a Welsh cave as a phenomenon of nature rather than human-made rock art. But a new study shows the lines are a rare example of Paleolithic art — and at 17,000 years old, they're the earliest...
SpaceX launches back-to-back Starlink missions from both coasts 19 hours apart (photos)
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The Great American Road Trip: 8 places to travel (and stay) to celebrate America 250 this summer
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