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• Pieces of rare meteorite land at five different academic institutions

  22 August 2013

  

   

• Earth’s gold came from colliding dead stars

  22 July 2013

  

   

• Scientists uncover relationship between lavas erupting on sea floor and deep-carbon cycle

  2 May 2013

  

   

• First five years of Panama Canal excavations reveal fossil finds

  29 April 2013

  

   

• Salamander DNA reveals evidence of older land connection between Central and South America

  20 March 2013

  

   

• Iowa meteorite crater confirmed

  5 March 2013

  

   

• Butterfly Brooch Enters National Gem Collection

  27 February 2013

  

   

• Magnificent Dom Pedro aquamarine to go on view in the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum

  3 December 2012

  

   

• Fossil pollen used to augment climate record of Egypt’s Nile Delta

  16 August 2012

  

   

• Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano active again

  3 May 2012

  

   

• A restless volcano

  5 April 2012

  

   

• Olivine

  5 March 2012

  

   

• Photos reveal recent activity in moon’s crust

  28 February 2012

  

   

• Boom and bust cycle of marine biodiversity every 60 million years linked to uplifting of continents

  23 February 2012

  

   

• A hot new island has just surfaced in the Red Sea. What’s going on? Smithsonian scientists explain.

  11 January 2012

  

   

• Q&A: Smithsonian volcanologist Richard Wunderman answers questions about the Aug. 23, East Coast earthquake

  21 September 2011