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Jurassic Park For Real (Sort Of)

The Huffington Post | Erin Ruberry | Posted 04.05.2013 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The hotly anticipated 3D version of Jurassic Park opens today, 20 years after Steven Spielberg's groundbreaking classic first debuted in...

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LOOK: Sad News About Astronaut Spider

Posted 12.04.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- Nefertiti, the jumping spider who traveled through outer space and returned to Earth to live out her days in the nation's capital, has d...

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Welcome To D.C., Spidernaut!

Posted 11.30.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON -- The first spider astronaut to make it from space back to Earth has a new home in the nation's capital. NBC's Cosmic Log has the detai...

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High-Tech Human Genome Exhibit Coming To D.C.

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 07.21.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pl...

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Smithsonian To See $52 Million Increase From Congress

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 02.19.2012 | DC
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WASHINGTON — The Smithsonian Institution is receiving a $52 million increase in funding from Congress for 2012, with the increase primarily devo...

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NAKED: Hope Diamond Displayed For First Time Without Setting

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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WASHINGTON — For the first time, the famed and feared Hope Diamond is on display au naturel. The doors were locked....

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