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      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Helene C. Muller-Landau

      • Date: March 27, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Helene C. Muller-Landau, Lead Scientist, CTFS Global Forest Carbon Initiative, has researched the patterns, causes, and consequences of plant diversity for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute since 2008. As leader of the program, Muller-Landau strives to implement standardized measurements of forest carbon stocks and fluxes across forest research sites.

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    3. October 3, 1958 Memorandum from J. Allen Hynek to Satellite Tracking Program Staff on the first anniversary of Sputnik, page 1.

      Right Places at the Right Time

      • Date: October 21, 2013
      • Creator: Tammy L. Peters
      • Description: Recollections of the October 4, 1957, Sputnik I launch and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory's Satellite Tracking Program.

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      Web and Social Media Preservation: Capturing Today’s Websites for Future Archival Research

      • Date: August 12, 2014
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives has captured two years of Smithsonian websites using the web tool Archive-It. See how we predict future research.

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      Talk Story: Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center

      • Date: May 18, 2021
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: A look back at the history of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in honor of Asian Pacific American heritage Month.

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      Link Love: 6/30/2017

      • Date: June 30, 2017
      • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
      • Description: An intimate look at the painting conservation studio at the National Gallery of Art. [via NPR]A newly discovered species of wasp was named in honor of David Bowie. [via Mashable]The Smithsonian is just one of the organizations banning drinking straws due to the environmental harm they cause. [via Washington Post]Can real coral reefs be saved by artificial ones? [via Fusion

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      The Smithsonian and the Solar Eclipse

      • Date: August 8, 2017
      • Creator: Hillary Brady
      • Description: The Smithsonian has a history of eclipse-ready public programming! How the Smithsonian has worked with the public in 1972, and today, to help visitors view eclipses safely.

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    13. Smithsonian Marine Biology Station in Florida

      • Date: October 16, 2018
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: Did you know the Smithsonian has a Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, where visiting researchers can study marine organisms onsite?

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      Link Love: 9/2/2011

      • Date: September 2, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Smithsonian Secretary Clough's most recent earthquake update. Whoa. For all you web nerds out there, check out this interactive timeline called, "The evolution of the web," which takes us through the birth and death of many a web browser, coding language, and web specific technology [via Swissmiss]. A Smithsonian Institution Libraries intern recounts her internship experience,

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      Meanwhile, back on earth... A Slideshow

      • Date: June 5, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="133" caption="Earth, 1971, Apollo 15, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Center for Earth and Planetary Studies"][/caption] The planets and outer space used to seem far, far away from our lives down on earth. But as this slideshow reveals, by the mid-twentieth century—with Ford Galaxies in our driveways, satellite-shaped barbeque

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      Link Love: 7/6/2012

      • Date: July 6, 2012
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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      Festival of American Folklife 1996: Working at the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 2, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: At the 1996 Festival of American Folklife, Smithsonian staff and volunteers conducted oral history interviews with colleagues about their memories of working for the Smithsonian. To celebrate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary, we’re sharing clips from three of those interviews.

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    23. To Preserve or Not to Preserve: Social Media

      • Date: June 13, 2012
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: A quick overview of how the Archives decides what social media to preserve to document the Smithsonian’s history.

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