Earthquake causes minor damage to Smithsonian natural history collections
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Increased tropical forest growth may result in release of stored carbon in the soil
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New finding may enable scientists to bolster genetic diversity of captive cheetah population
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Darkest known exoplanet, a Jupiter-sized gas giant, discovered
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Alaska’s cold waters no barrier to invasive marine species, scientists say
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Females can place limits on evolution of attractive features in males, research shows
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An eye gene colors butterfly wings red
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Research on tungara frogs may be applicable to hearing loss/attention deficits in humans
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SERC sedge grass experiment mimics predicted global-change scenario
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Smithsonian team finds northern snakehead fish in Maryland’s Rhode River
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Toucans wearing GPS backpacks help Smithsonian scientists study seed dispersal
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Gale Crater to be landing site for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory
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Exoplanet aurora: An out-of-this-world sight
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It’s no sweat for salt marsh sparrows to beat the heat if they have a larger bill
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Stellar eclipse gives glimpse of exoplanet: New data reveals a ‘super-Earth’ next door, astronomically speaking
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Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia yield 18 new species of rare ferns and flowering plants
