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• Following in the footsteps of James Smithson

  18 August 2011

  

   

• 500 carats of rough diamonds donated to Natural History Museum

  17 August 2011

  

   

• Nakhla meteorite

  29 June 2011

  

   

• Fossil skull of an extinct toothed whale excavated from Panamanian sediments

  24 June 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian hydrologist discovers that rainfall has dried up Panama’s drinking water

  17 May 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian geologist Liz Cottrell talks about what it takes to be a scientist.

  18 April 2011

  

   

• Smithsonian geologist Liz Cottrell discusses the March 11, 2011 Japan earthquake and its mechanics

  15 March 2011

  

   

• “How Soil Savvy are You?, is featured in the exhibition “Dig It! The Secrets of Soil,” from the Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Service

  28 January 2011

  

   

• Yowah Nut Opal Enters the National Gem Collection

  19 January 2011

  

   

• Giant impact may explain origin of Martian moons Phobos and Deimos

  21 December 2010

  

   

• Ancient megalake discovered beneath Sahara Desert

  10 December 2010

  

   

• Hope Diamond: Embracing Hope

  22 November 2010

  

   

• Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist discovers new method to weigh some distant stars

  8 November 2010

  

   

• National Museum of Natural History acquires gemstones in honor of its 100th anniversary

  3 November 2010

  

   

• Cullinan Blue Diamond Necklace

  30 September 2010

  

   

• Earth’s highest coastal mountain range moved 1,367 miles in 170 million years

  23 September 2010