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    1. A Weddell seal in the ice hole at Station 61B (August 16, 1961). Note the metal casing which lines the hole and the canvas cover used to close off the area between the floor of the shack and the top of the casing. Photograph by Jack L. Littlepage. Accession 15-281: John H. Dearborn Papers, 1950-2006, Smithsonian Institution Archives, image no. SIA2015-008032.

      Antarctic Explorations: The Diary of John H. Dearborn

      • Date: July 30, 2015
      • Description: With the recent acquisition of the papers of scientist John H. Dearborn, here is an introduction to his life and research at the edge of the world.

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    3. You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog

      • Date: August 22, 2019
      • Creator: Heidi Stover
      • Description: Pupper, doggy, hound, bowwow, beastie, pooch. No matter what we call dogs, they have always been man’s best friend. In honor of writing a second blog for National Dog Day, let’s take a look at the pooches that pop up around the Smithsonian Institution.[view:sia_slideshow==87224]Related Resources"Gone But Not Forgotten: Former Animals at the National Zoo," The Bigger Picture"Me

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      Science Service, Up Close: Summer Road Trips for Science, 1935

      • Date: July 24, 2018
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In 1935, Beloit College in Wisconsin began allowing female students to join the annual summer archeological expeditions.

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    7. NBC news commentator Edwin Newman

      Science Service, Up Close: Technology and Political Conventions

      • Date: July 19, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: In a Presidential election year, political news coverage can sometimes seem almost too instantaneous and continuous. Thanks to smartphones with cameras and microphones, journalists and citizens can relay images and sound from almost anywhere inside campaign activities. There was a time, however, when live broadcasting from political conventions and rallies was novel.Starting

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    9. Eucosma ragonoti barnesiana Dyar, 1903, Collected by Harrison G. Dyar, National Museum of Natural History.

      The Impossible Case of Harrison G. Dyar

      • Date: May 12, 2016
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: Starting tomorrow through next week, we will be digging into the life of entomologist Harrison Gray Dyar (1866-1929). Dyar was honorary custodian of the Smithsonian's United States National Museum's collection of Lepidoptera (butterflies, moths, etc.) for more than thirty years. As a scientist, Dyar was noted for his work concerning mosquito-borne diseases. He also developed a

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    11. First Presentation of the American Welding Society’s Lincoln Gold Medal

      Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees

      • Date: August 4, 2016
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.

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    13. Fern on Graduation Day, 1952, Rathe Family Collection.

      Fern P. Rathe: Navigating the Lab and the Skies

      • Date: December 17, 2013
      • Description: An update on the life and career of chemist and pilot Fern P. Rathe, featured in the Women in Science Wednesday post on July 17, 2013.

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      Unsolved Mysteries

      • Date: January 5, 2010
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_4088" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Lower Rose Window, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City, October 2009, by Bernardo Núñez, Digital photograph, © Bernardo Núñez / Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City (left); B-DNA, seen end-on, courtesy of Dr.

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      Smithson’s Bequest to London’s East End

      • Date: October 23, 2014
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When James Smithson wrote his will on October 23, 1826, he made several bequests to people before adding the contingent clause that created the Smithsonian Institution. One bequest was to a resident of London’s notorious East End.

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      Ready-made Home for a Scimitar Horned Oryx and Przewalski’s Horse

      • Date: June 25, 2015
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: When Dr. Ted Reed became director of the National Zoological Park in 1959, he committed himself to carrying out the zoo’s complete set of mandates that included research, education, and conservation of endangered species. All these came together in a new non-public facility, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, founded in 1975 in Front Royal, Virginia.

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    21. Introducing Here At The Smithsonian

      • Date: December 29, 2020
      • Description: We are starting a new monthly blog series featuring episodes of Here At The Smithsonian.

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    23. "Open Wide!": Photographs of Dentists and Dental Researchers from the Science Service Collections

      • Date: October 10, 2019
      • Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
      • Description: To celebrate National Dental Hygiene Month, the Smithsonian Institution Archives presents photographs of dentists and dental researchers.

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