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• Iowa meteorite crater confirmed

  5 March 2013

  

   

• Butterfly Brooch Enters National Gem Collection

  27 February 2013

  

   

• How do paleontologists reconstruct environments from the ancient past?

  31 January 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

  

   

• 500 carats of rough diamonds donated to Natural History Museum

  17 August 2011

  

   

• Gale Crater to be landing site for NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory

  22 July 2011

  

   

• Nakhla meteorite

  29 June 2011

  

   

• Pink tourmaline “Nautilus” pendant enters National Gem Collection

  23 May 2011