Description: Congratulations to the main Smithsonian website, which has been nominated for a Webby Award in the category of Best Cultural Institution website! (Please go and vote.) Mark your calendars! The Library of Congress will be hosting the free public event, Pass it On: Personal Archiving Day, on Saturday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m to provide the public with information about
Description: The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History needs your help to preserve Dorothy's ruby red slippers. [via Washington Post]The gravedigger from Hamlet, Malvolio from Twelfth Night, and more Shakespeare-inspired Halloween costumes! [via Folger Shakespeare Library]IBM's Watson Supercomputer + Encyclopedia of Life= Biodiversity Treasure Trove Unlocked! [via Smithsonian
Description: Ouch — the Society of Women Engineers has a collection of rejection letters sent to women attempting to gain entry to engineering programs. [via Atlantic]A new discovery of 300,000 year old remains of Homo sapiens shows that our species evolved in multiple locations on the African continent. [via NY Times]iNaturalist.org is launching an app that will help you identify plants