36 days ago by John McAuliff

Discover Cuba: Its People and Culture Smithsonian will offer multiple departures of a new People-to-People Cultural Exchange Program to Cuba in 2012. Thanks to a special license issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Smithsonian Institution invites you to participate in this meaningful Cultu ...

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37 days ago by Liz Mares

Very rarely do I get the chance to make it to exhibitions, but when I do..it has to be for something that I find to be of extreme interest and this exhibition...is something I would venture out for. January 14 – March 11 Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service: Earth from Space Hyndman ...

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40 days ago by Sylvia Walker

A thought for living in the New Year: The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that “the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.” If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, a ...

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42 days ago by Paracha

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (USA) have developed a 3D optical scanning technology, which allows you to effectively scan the old records and extract from them the highest quality sound. Thus, they were able to digitize records dating back 125 years. At a time when Thomas Edison w ...

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43 days ago by welltemperedear

By Jacob Stockinger Well, guess what? SURPRISE!!!!! The U.S. House of Representatives (below) and the U.S Senate – both of which have been so-o-o-o popular and so in tune with the American public lately – last week passed a bill to cut back on the arts and humanities (specifically, the National Endo ...

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53 days ago by Mike

From Mike Kohn. Got some news for Mike that he might have missed? Email him at mike@borderstan.com or find him on Twitter @mike_kohn. Eataly in Town Ever heard of Eataly, the massive Italian food emporium in Manhattan? In case you haven't, think a giant farmers' market, but all Italian food and insi ...

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53 days ago by scholarship provider

The Smithsonian Institution offers Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution, USA 2012 Study Subject(s): Molecular Evolution Course Level: Postdoctoral Scholarship Provider: The Smithsonian Institution Scholarship can be taken at: USA Applicants must propose to conduct research at t ...

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54 days ago by info

The Smithsonian Institution offers Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowship in Molecular Evolution, USA 2012 Study Subject(s): Molecular Evolution Course Level: Postdoctoral Scholarship Provider: The Smithsonian Institution Scholarship can be taken at: USA Applicants must propose to conduct research at t ...

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56 days ago by Reliable Sources

In the early 1880s, three inventors—Alexander Graham Bell, Chichester Bell and Charles Sumner Tainter, collectively making up the Volta Laboratory Associates—tried to record sound. In one experiment, on Nov. 17, 1884, they recorded the word “barometer” on a glass disc with a beam of light. This disc ...

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56 days ago by Nativegrl77

Upcoming Events at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture The National Museum of African American History and Culture Holiday Concert The Heritage Signature Chorale Sunday, December 18, 2011, 4:00 to 6:00 PM National Museum of Natural History Baird Auditorium 10 th ...

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