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1st Barbie dolls to fly into space make their debut at Smithsonian Air and Space Museum

The National Air and Space Museum debuted the first Barbie dolls to fly in space. They appear to be like all of the other Barbie "Space Discovery" dolls found in stores, and that may be the point.

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San Diego's Lou Curtiss, a mentor to Tom Waits and other music greats, is celebrated in new film

SAN DIEGO — Tom Waits and RuPaul. Joan Baez and Mojo Nixon.

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Sally's Night events mark 40 years since 1st US woman flew in space

From an afternoon at the ballpark to Afternoon Tea, museums and science centers are celebrating Sally's Night and the 40th anniversary of Sally Ride becoming the first American woman in space.

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Historic Ebony test kitchen finds permanent home at Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture

A vintage ’70s test kitchen where recipes were created and perfected for Ebony magazine’s national readership will be part of an exhibit highlighting the intersection of food and culture in the African American community.

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Let the good times roll

Last month, one of the great explorers and producers of American vernacular music, Chris Strachwitz, passed away. He was 91 years old. He was the founder and co-owner (with Tom Diamant) of Arhoolie Records which since its first release in 1960, Texas Sharecropper And Songster by Texan bluesman Mance Lipscomb,…

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Adorable meerkat babies born at world famous zoo for first time in over 16 years

An adorable video of the little mammals looking around has been released by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC which is celebrating the births

Daily Mirror

Watch Eddie Van Halen explain how he figured out the two-handed tapping technique behind Eruption – all thanks to a little help from Jimmy Page

Guitar-in-hand, EVH demonstrates his most iconic technique and explains its origins in this insightful 2015 clip

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A forgotten peace petition started after WWI has resurfaced and is inspiring hope

A women's petition for peace written after World War I was signed by nearly three-quarters of all the women in Wales. It was then forgotten for nearly a century.

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Five days in Washington DC: what to do and where to go in a city with so much to offer

'It is the home of the President, Congress, the Supreme Court and many more must-visits such as the Smithsonian museums, the National Mall and Arlington.'

Irish Mirror

SA's River Murray Dark Sky Reserve to feature at United States' Smithsonian museum exhibition

One of the clearest, darkest places to see the stars in Australia is being showcased at a Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History exhibition about light pollution in the United States.

ABC News

A New Satellite Will Track Dangerous Chemicals in Unprecedented Detail

NASA and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory will debut the TEMPO instrument to monitor air quality like never before.

Inverse

Huge fireball after 1,000lb meteorite smashes into Earth as 'loud boom' heard

A massive boom was heard by alarmed residents in McAllen, Texas, US, and a streak of light was seen across the sky. Now fragments of the alien meteorite have been found across the region

Daily Mirror

A 1990 law mandated Native American remains be returned to tribes. Colorado led the charge — but some museums still haven’t followed

DENVER — The remains of Native American ancestors showed up in boxes on the doorsteps of Colorado museums and at yard sales in Denver neighborhoods.

The Denver Post

Celia Cruz to be featured on U.S. quarter

The late singer will be the first Afro Caribbean woman to appear on the U.S. quarter. The U.S. Mint is honoring Cruz through the American Women Quarters Program.

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Jill Biden's inaugural wear to go on display at Smithsonian

The first lady is donating two outfits worn on the day of her husband's presidential inauguration

The Guardian - UK

‘A search for ourselves’: shipwreck becomes focus of slavery debate

Vessel that sank with more than 200 transported people onboard is being used to humanise the story of slavery

WEKU

To peer into Earth's deep time, meet a hardy mineral known as the Time Lord

Geologists rely on tiny crystals of the mineral zircon to understand the timing of key events in Earth's early days, like the rising of continents and the emergence of oceans.

WEKU

The very last 747 jet has been made, ending a run of more than 50 years

Boeing says the last 747 it will ever build left its assembly line this week. It's the end of an aviation era that began with Pan Am's first commercial flight of the jumbo jet in 1970.

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The African scuba divers rewriting the slave trade narrative

For so long the story of the slave trade has come from the settlers, Rachel Chason meets the people trying to change that

WEKU

Maya Lin doesn't like the spotlight — but the Smithsonian is shining a light on her

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life

Roll Call

Lawmakers look to the Mall for new Smithsonians, but it’s not a done deal yet - Roll Call

The site selection deadline is fast approaching for the American Women’s History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino.

Salon

A runaway girl's skeleton in the museum

She was labeled New Jersey Skeleton 1972, but everyone called her "Sandy"

Tribune News Service

Mac Engel: Dan Snyder’s threats to reveal dirt on Jerry Jones won't amount to much

With its Smithsonian museums, Capitol building and White House, Washington, D.C., offers loads of memorable sights, none more so than watching Dan Snyder walk to his motorcade to leave a Washington football game.

The Guardian - US

‘It’s about ethics’: Nigeria urges British Museum to follow US and repatriate bronzes

Culture minister says UK institution ‘should learn from what has happened’ as Smithsonian returns 29 Benin artefacts

Tribune News Service

GM EV1: A revolutionary antique that’s still the car of the future

It cost as much as a Mercedes, could only travel 79 miles, and was both the hero and villain of Hollywood. Only 10 years after it rolled into driveways, almost all were crushed. One remains operational … and its parked at The Smithsonian. A qualified antique, it’s still the car…

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