Skeletal casts of early hominin ancestor from Africa donated to National Museum of Natural History
A. sediba was discovered in 2008 in the Malapa Cave at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site located outside Johannesburg.
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Narwhal fluke design helps compensate for drag caused by tusk
The male’s fluke design helps it overcome the drag caused by their long tusks, the scientists determined. The female’s fluke design gives them increased speed for diving while foraging.
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Astronomers appraise the amount of water in the Orion Nebula
Water is a critical molecule for human life, and, because it is abundant in space, it also plays an important role in the life of molecular clouds and the stars and planets that form in...
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Many years of research are celebrated in the December 2010 birth of two cheetah cubs at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
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Smithsonian scientists discover seven new species of fish
Things are not always what they seem when it comes to fish—something scientists at the Smithsonian Institution and the Ocean Science Foundation are finding out. Using modern genetic analysis, combined with traditional examination of...
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Only large, fast-flying bats can handle life in the big city; small bats can’t adapt
Bats living in the dense urban area of Panama City, the scientists learned, represent just a small fraction of the roughly 25 species of high-flying insectivorous bats found in Panama’s rainforests.
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Smithsonian Digital Repository Now Contains 10,000 Items
The Smithsonian Research Online program recently surpassed the mark of 10,000 publications in the Digital Repository. This collection of digital publications by Smithsonian staff represents a broad review of research done by researchers at the Institution.
