- Oxford University quantum physicist, David Nadlinger, captured the image of a single cell in an excited state. [via Colossal]
- The new director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art looks at how costumes in the new movie, Black Panther, reflect traditional African dress and its influence on the world. [via Smithsonian Magazine]
- A team of researchers, including one from our National Museum of American Indian, used the DNA from a 100-year old tooth to show that there are still living descendants of the “Taíno”, the first indigenous Americans impacted by European colonization, in the Caribbean today. [via National Geographic]
- A rare and well-preserved facsimile of the Declaration of Independence, which was hidden behind wallpaper during the Civil War, recently resurfaced. [via WAPO]
- Cookie Puss and Fudgie the Whale can be found in the Carvel Ice Cream archive at our National Museum of American History: [via WAPO]
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