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The Smithsonian selects four possible sites for new museums for women and Latinos

The National Women's History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino were authorized by Congress in 2020.

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Title IX: Scurry's career, law forever linked at Smithsonian

Brianna Scurry's soccer jersey from the 1999 Women's World Cup is at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture

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How a Black family's Bible ended up at the Smithsonian Institution

WASHINGTON — On a rainy spring afternoon, Denise Diggs visited the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. She was in search of a family artifact.

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A new exhibit takes visitors closer to the National Museum of the American Latino

The National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, D.C., won't be finished for another decade, but a pop-up exhibit from the museum has opened on the National Mall

WEKU

Biden signs bill for national Asian Pacific history museum

President Joe Biden has signed a bill creating a commission to study establishing a national museum on the history of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States

The Independent UK

Kids who play a team sport have less mental health issues: New study

Children involved exclusively in an individual sport – such as tennis – are more likely to experience mental health issues than kids who play no sport.

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Climate Change: Rainforest Trees Have Been Dying Faster Since The 1980s

Tropical trees in Australia’s rainforests have been dying at double the previous rate since the 1980s, seemingly because of climate impacts, according to the findings of a long-term international study published in Nature today.

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Once a Hartford treasure, J. Doyle Dewitt collection of historic American political memorabilia sold at auction

HARTFORD, Conn. — The University of Hartford has quietly sold one of the most extraordinary collections of American political memorabilia ever assembled — a collection one of the city’s insurance titans spent a lifetime assembling and later donated to the school in the hope that it would be preserved and…

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The art of resilience: how the museum has endured through crisis

In a new book, author Samuel Redman looks back on times of strife and how arts institutions have responded and survived

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TV’s ‘black-Ish’ Ends 8-Season Run with Legacy, Fans Secure

A surprise awaited “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris and his family on a 2016 visit to the newly opened National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington: An exhibit on the TV series was on display. “I was very, very emotional” at seeing the honor, Barris said. He returned…

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TV's 'black-ish' ends 8-season run with legacy, fans secure

The TV sitcom “black-ish” is about to wrap up its eight-season run

The Independent UK

How HBO Max recreated Child's kitchen

Julia Child's kitchen is so iconic that it's preserved in the Smithsonian. How did HBO Max recreate it for TV?

Salon

The spicy history of salt shakers

While often viewed as novelty items, the shakers are the product of design innovation and some chemistry know-how

Salon

How did Japan become so cheap?

Every month, the Bank for International Settlements calculates and publishes the real and nominal effective exchange rates for major currencies. The most recent data, released in mid-February, contained a shock for Japan. They show that the yen's real effective exchange rate (Reer, representing roughly the purchasing power of the currency)…

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‘Finger-Like Solar Flares’ Explained in New Study

In January 1999, scientists observed mysterious motions within a solar flare. Unlike typical flares that showed bright energy erupting outwards from the Sun, this solar flare also displayed a downward flow of motion, as if material was falling back towards the Sun. Astronomers wondered what exactly they were seeing. Now,…

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Smithsonian to show 120 orange statues of female scientists

The Smithsonian will commemorate Women’s History Month in March by displaying 120 3D-printed statues depicting women who have excelled in the fields of science and technology

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