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Ötzi the Iceman: How a Melted Alpine Glacier Revealed a Copper Age Traveler
In 1991, two hikers found a body emerging from an Alpine glacier. The discovery first looked like a modern accident—and then opened an extraordinary window onto life more than 5,000…
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Prescott College alumni share Grand Canyon expertise at 2026 guide seminar
Prescott College graduates contributed research, river skills and ecological knowledge during the 2026 Grand Canyon River Guides Training Seminar.
Read more →Bowling Green’s Corvette Country: How Kentucky Gave America’s Sports Car a Home
In Bowling Green, Kentucky, the Corvette is more than a celebrated automobile. It is a factory, museum, gathering place, and hometown tradition that has connected generations of Americans to the…
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Prescott’s 1888 Rodeo: How a Frontier Contest Became a Lasting Tradition
Prescott Frontier Days traces its beginnings to a July 4, 1888, contest. Its long history shows how working skills associated with ranch…
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NASA’s SPHEREx Is Building a New Map of the Entire Sky
A NASA space telescope has begun a two-year survey that will examine the whole sky in 102 colors, helping scientists study the…
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Poetry 180: The Library of Congress Project That Makes Room for One Poem a Day
Billy Collins created Poetry 180 to bring a poem into the school day without tests, lectures, or literary gatekeeping. More than two…
Read more →Chicano Park: How San Diego’s Barrio Turned Concrete Pillars Into a Living Gallery
In San Diego’s Barrio Logan, generations of artists and neighbors transformed an underpass into one of the largest collections of Chicano murals…
Read more →Lenacapavir: How a Twice-Yearly Injection Could Change HIV Prevention
A new long-acting medicine is giving HIV prevention a different rhythm: instead of remembering a pill every day, eligible people may soon…
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The Personal Computer Revolution
Computers Leave the Laboratory Early computers occupied rooms and required specialized operators. The arrival of microprocessors eventually made it possible to put…
Read more →The Smithsonian Folklife Festival: How Living Traditions Found a Place on the National Mall
For more than half a century, the Smithsonian Folklife Festival has invited musicians, cooks, craftspeople, farmers, storytellers, and communities to present culture as something people do—not something locked behind glass.
