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• Skeletal casts of early hominin ancestor from Africa donated to National Museum of Natural History

  10 February 2011

  

   

• Narwhal fluke design helps compensate for drag caused by tusk

  9 February 2011

  

   

• Astronomers appraise the amount of water in the Orion Nebula

  7 February 2011

  

   

• Only large, fast-flying bats can handle life in the big city; small bats can’t adapt

  3 February 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian Digital Repository Now Contains 10,000 Items

  2 February 2011

  

   

• New study examines how planetesimals influence the development of a planetary system

  31 January 2011

  

   

• New interactive World Wide Telescope tour chronicles career of Harvard-Smithsonian astronomer John Huchra

  28 January 2011

  

   

• Tiger numbers could triple if large-scale landscapes are protected

  26 January 2011

  

   

• Rising ocean temperatures and acidity may deliver deadly one-two punch to the world’s corals

  24 January 2011

  

   

• Lemurs exhibit ability for social learning in zoo experiment

  20 January 2011

  

   

• Orchids: A View from the East

  20 January 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian signs new giant panda agreement with China

  20 January 2011

  

   

• Snowflake Study through Photomicrography, 1890

  18 January 2011

  

   

• New online video series to feature Tropical Research Institute scientists

  18 January 2011

  

   

• Free, online course in physics offered by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

  14 January 2011

  

   

• With specialist pollinator absent, Himalayan gingers must adapt

  13 January 2011