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Leafcutter ants—first in agiculture and antibiotics
Leafcutter Ants—an amazing species that has been employing agriculture and antibiotics for some 50 million years. [...more]
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How photography has transformed the study of spiders and their webs
Jonathan Coddington, Curator of Spiders at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History describes how photography has transformed the study of arachnids. [...more]
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Conservators challenged by contemporary artworks at the Hirshhorn Museum
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Smithsonian geophysicist Bruce Campbell explains his work of making a detailed radar map of the Moon
Dr. Bruce Campbell, a geophysicist at the Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, is at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W. Va., to make a radar map of the Moon. In this video, made in September 2009, Dr. Campbell explains some of the work involved in putting together a detailed radar map of the Moon and why he finds the geology of the Moon so fascinating. [...more]
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Chandra X-Ray Observatory podcast: The crab nebula
The Crab Nebula is one of the most studied objects in the night sky. First observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 A.D., and possibly others, this supernova remnant and its neutron star have become favorite targets for amateur and professional astronomers alike. The Chandra X-Ray Observatory is operated for NASA by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass. [...more]
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Preventing ballast-water invasions of alien species
George Smith, a marine biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, explains his work of finding ways to prevent invasive species from being released in Baltimore Harbor in the ballast water of large ships. [...more]
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Caught on camera!
This short video of an ocelot was taken by Smithsonian scientists during a recent camera-trap survey of these animals in the Peruvian Amazon.[...more]
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