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    Wilson A. Bentley: Pioneering Photographer of Snowflakes

    • Date: September 14, 2012
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    SIA Acc. 15-068, Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Website Records, 2009-2014

    • Date: 2009 2009-2014
    • Creator: Consortium for the Barcode of Life
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    See Here: 2/15/2010

    • Date: February 15, 2010
    • Creator: The Bigger Picture
    • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="255" caption="Astrophysicist and fifth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (1928-1944) Charles Greeley Abbot sitting in a chair with printouts of solar observations connected to a Oatmeal container, c. 1960s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7005, Box 186, Folder 2,

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  7. Side by side comparison of Infobox on Wikipedia for Mary Agnes Chase (left) and Google Search results showing same data (right).

    Improve #WomenInSTEM Representation with Wikidata!

    • Date: July 18, 2017
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: We're ready to take our women in science to the next level! I hope botanist Mary Agnes Chase would be proud.This journey started with our history of science and the media research fellow, Marcel LaFollette, who created basic records for female scientists she uncovered in the Archives' Science Service collection, including many who worked at the Smithsonian. We then created a

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    James Renwicks Architecture Lesson

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      See Here: 8/18/2010

      • Date: August 18, 2010
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption="The Division of Radiation and Organisms, located in the basement of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), Shown here is apparatus for studying phototropism (bending toward light) of seedlings, in connection with experiments to determine effects of wave lengths of light on growth, Date unknown, by Unidentified

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    • The indenture during the local humidification and flattening stage. The portion featuring the seals has become completely detached. Photo courtesy of William Bennett.

      Breach of Contract: Repairing the Walcott Indenture

      • Date: March 17, 2016
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: See how we preserved a recent arrival to the Archives.

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      Pickering’s Women?

      • Date: May 8, 2009
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      A Living Exhibition

      • Date: July 19, 2011
      • Creator: Jennifer Wright
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey

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      We Apologize For This Interruption in Service . . .

      • Date: November 20, 2009
      • Creator: The Bigger Picture
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368" caption="Pat Tilko Connects the World to the Smithsonian, 1994, by Jeff Tinsley, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder July 1994, Negative Number: 94-6139-17A."][/caption] We just wanted to give our readers a head’s up that this weekend, there will be disruptions on the servers across

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    • A woman wearing a Smithsonian hat with the sunburst logo stands in a field, while holding a bird. She is smiling at the camera.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison

      • Date: March 6, 2019
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Dr. Autumn-Lynn Harrison, Research Scientist at the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center since 2014, works with large marine vertebrates, including pinnipeds and seabirds. She is the Program Manager of the Migratory Connectivity Project, which aims to use technologies to track bird species throughout their annual cycle. #Groundbreaker

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      Maria Mitchell and the Smithsonian

      • Date: June 14, 2018
      • Description: On the evening of October 1, 1847, while using a small telescope on the roof of the family home, Maria Mitchell (1818-1889) spotted a comet where one had not been before. Word of this achievement spread quickly through the scientific community. The American Journal of Science declared her “the first American entitled to the honor of the original discovery of a comet.” Some

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