Smithsonian
The State of the Birds 2014 report
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- The State of the Birds 2014 report
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- 10 years ago
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- One hundred years after the extinction of the passenger pigeon, the top bird-science and conservation groups in the nation have come together to publish The State of the Birds 2014—the most comprehensive review of long-term trend data for U.S. birds ever conducted.
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- Arid and Grassland Habitats - The State of the Birds 2014
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- 10 years ago
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- This video is about arid and grassland habitats described in The State of the Birds 2014 report. For more articles and video go to Smithsonian Science http://smithsonianscience.org/
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- Wetland Habitats - The State of the Birds 2014
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- 10 years ago
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- This video is about wetland habitats described by The State of the Birds 2014 report. For more articles and video go to Smithsonian Science http://smithsonianscience.org/
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- The State of the Birds 2014
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- 10 years ago
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- This video is about The State of the Birds 2014 report. Micaela Jemison from Smithsonian Science interviews Dr. Peter Marra from the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center about The State of the Birds 2014 report. For more articles and video go to http://smithsonianscience.org/
Photo Credits:
Alex Schwab - The lower Kalalau Valley, Koke'e State Park, Kauai, Hawaii
Kelly Colgan Azar - Rusty Blackbird
Dick Daniels - Northern Bobwhite
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- Coastal Habitats - The State of the Birds 2014
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- This video is about coastal habitats described in The State of the Birds 2014 report. For more articles and video go to Smithsonian Science http://smithsonianscience.org/
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- Forest Habitat - The State of the Birds 2014
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- 10 years ago
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- This video is about forest habitat described by The State of the Birds 2014 report. For more articles and video go to Smithsonian Science http://smithsonianscience.org/
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- Celebrating the birthday of the first Przewalski’s horse born from artificial insemination.
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- 10 years ago
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- Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are celebrating the anniversary of the first birth of a Przewalski’s horse by artificial insemination. The filly’s first birthday marks a milestone in efforts by the team, lead by reproductive physiologist Budhan Pukazhenthi, to develop genetic techniques to aid in managing this species, which is extinct in the wild.
Przewalski’s horses are an entirely different species from the domestic horse and are truly wild, having never been domesticated by humans. Captive breeding and conservation work in Asia, Europe and North America have successfully replenished the captive population.
As with many captive breeding programs, genetics drive breeding decisions. With hundreds of horses living around the world, often two genetically compatible breeding partners will be living in different facilities, sometimes on different continents. Artificial insemination would help scientists solve the problems of ...
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- Pt. 3 - A Spectrum of Perspectives: Native Peoples and Genetic Research
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- 3:45-5:10pm: The Ethics of Blood
Panelists:
Dr. Ngaire Brown (Yuin Nation of New South Wales), National Aboriginal
Community Controlled Health Organisation, invited
Dr. Nanibaa' Garrison (Navajo Nation), Vanderbilt University Center for
Biomedical Ethics & Society
Judge Ron Whitener (Squaxin Island Tribe), University of Washington Native
American Law Center
Moderator: Dr. Mark Trahant (Shoshone-Bannock Tribe), University of Alaska-Anchorage
5:15-5:30pm: Closing Remarks
This meeting is co-hosted by the National Congress of American Indians, the National Human Genome Research Institute, and the National Museum of the American Indian as part of the Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Our goal in hosting this Symposium is to demonstrate the range of perspectives in Native communities on genomics, highlight key topics for ongoing ...
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- Love tequila, love pollinating bats!
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Do you enjoy tequila? Then you need to raise your glass to the pollinating bats that helped to make it! Here at Smithsonian Science we are celebrating Pollinator Week by exploring the world of pollinating bats.
Micaela Jemison from Smithsonian Science interviews Dr. Don Wilson from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History about the roles bats play in pollination. See http://smithsonianscience.org/2014/06/love-tequila-toast-pollinating-bats/
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- SI-Q Is there a woman on the moon?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Karlie Leung, intern at the Smithsonian's Center for Folklife and Culture Heritage, tells the story of Hou Yi and the Ten Suns.
Don't miss more folktales from China at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival: http://www.festival.si.edu/
Animation by Aurelie Beatley
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- SI-Q How did mail smarten up?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Nancy Pope, curator of postal history at the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum, answers: How did mail smarten up?
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- SI-Q When do stamps glow in the dark?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Daniel A. Piazza, curator of Philately at Smithsonian's National Postal Museum answers: When do stamps glow in the dark?
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- SI-Q Who put a feather on that letter?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Daniel A. Piazza, curator of Philately at Smithsonian's National Postal Museum answers: Who put a feather on that letter?
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- El Smithsonian es...
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- El Smithsonian es el complejo de museos y de investigación más grande del mundo. Cuenta con 19 museos y galerías, además del Parque Zoológico Nacional.
Nuestros expertos comparten sus ideas y nuestras colecciones a través de nuestros museos, centros de investigación y bibliotecas; en nuestros sitios web, nuestras revistas y canales de medios; y con socios en todo el país y el mundo. Juntos aprendemos de diferentes maneras.
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- SI-Q What ate the South?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ashley N. Egan, research botanist and assistant curator at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History answers: What ate the South?
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- SI-Q Are clones taking over the world?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Ashley N. Egan, research botanist and assistant curator at Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History answers: Are clones taking over the world?
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- SIQ Can animals take a selfie?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Yes! When an animal trips a "camera trap" as a part of a project between the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Smithsonian.
These photos help researchers answer questions about mammal distribution and abundance and use this information for conservation.
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- SIQ Can beetles be researchers?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- John Ososky, museum specialist at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History Osteo Prep Laboratory answers: Can beetles be researchers?
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- SIQ Where can you find an extinct flock?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Jonathan Kavalier, supervisory horticulturist for Smithsonian Gardens, answers: Where can you find an extinct flock?
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- SIQ What business lets you work, sleep and pray in the same place?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Masum Momaya, curator at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, answers: What business lets you work, sleep and pray in the same place?
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- SIQ Why do many Indian Americans take off their shoes before entering the house?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Masum Momaya, curator at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, answers: Why do many Indian Americans take off their shoes before entering the house?
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- Antonio Curet habla acerca de la arqueología en el Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Conoce a Antonio Curet, curador de las colecciones arqueológicas de México, Centro América y el Caribe en el Museo Nacional del Indígena Americano.
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- Ariana Curtis talks urban anthropology at the Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Meet Ariana Curtis, Curator of Latino Studies at the Anacostia Community Museum.
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- Taína Caragol habla acerca del arte latino en el Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Conoce a Taína Caragol, curadora de arte e historia latina en la Galería Nacional de Retratos.
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- The Smithsonian Is...
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Smithsonian asks and answers questions about science, art, history and culture, exciting the learning in everyone, every day.
Our experts share their ideas and our treasures through our museums, research centers and libraries; on our websites, magazines and media channels; and with partners across America and around the globe. We learn in all different ways, with all different kinds of people.
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- Ariana Curtis habla acerca de la antropología en el Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Conoce a Ariana Curtis, curadora de estudios latinos en el Museo Comunitario de Anacostia.
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- Antonio Curet talks archeology at the Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Meet Antonio Curet, Curator of the archeological collections from Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean at the National Museum of the American Indian.
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- Taína Caragol talks Latino art at the Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Meet Taína Caragol, Curator of Latino Art and History at the National Portrait Gallery.
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- Margaret Salazar-Porzio habla acerca de la historia latina en el Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Conoce a Margaret Salazar-Porzio, curadora de historia y cultura latina en el Museo Nacional de Historia Americana.
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- Margaret Salazar-Porzio talks Latino history at the Smithsonian
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Meet Margaret Salazar-Porzio, Curator of Latino History and Culture at the National Museum of American History.
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- SIQ Can a bloom kill?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Nick Pyenson, curator of fossil marine mammals at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, answers: Can a bloom kill?
Learn more about the Cerro Ballena discovery here: http://cerroballena.si.edu
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- SI-Q ¿Dónde se pueden encontrar ballenas sobre una autopista?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Jorge Velez-Juarbe, Colaborador de investigación en el Museo Nacional de Historia Natural: ¿Dónde se pueden encontrar ballenas sobre una autopista?
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- SI-Q How can an exhibition make you sing?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- S. Xavier Carnegie, Theatre Programs' creative director at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History answers: How can an exhibition make you sing?
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- SI-Q How can history talk back?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- S. Xavier Carnegie, Theatre Programs' creative director at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History answers: How can history talk back?
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- Impacts of Energetic Outbursts from Supermassive Black Holes Reveal About Galaxy Evolution
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Secretary's Distinguished Research Lecture Award recognizes a scholar's sustained achievement in research, long-standing investment in the Smithsonian, outstanding contribution to a field, and ability to communicate research to a nonspecialist audience.
Christine began her career as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in 1974; in 1975, she was selected to be a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows. She has been an astrophysicist at SAO since 1978, heading the Chandra Calibration Group from 1990--2010; she has served as Director of the Consortium for Unlocking the Mysteries of the Universe since 2010.
While an undergraduate at Harvard, Christine analyzed moon rocks and meteorites at SAO for which she received the Nininger Meteorite Award. With the 1970 launch of Uhuru, the first satellite devoted exclusively to X-ray astronomy, Christine looked beyond our solar system to Cygnus X-1, a binary X-ray source in whi...
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- SIQ How can art catch a cold?
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Caitlin Richeson, conservation intern at Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, answers: How can art catch a cold?
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- 6. Sabine O'Hara, Sustaining Economics - Anthropocene: Planet Earth in the Age of Humans
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- Sabine O'Hara Sustaining Economics for a Sustaining Planet
Panel Discussion Rob Nixon, Torben C. Rick, Gavin A. Schmidt, S. Joseph Wright
Moderator W. John Kress
The Smithsonian Institution's Grand Challenges Consortia hosted a symposium on October 11, 2012 to address the tremendous scope of transformations now occurring on the Earth with profound effects on plants, animals, and natural habitats. Geologists have proposed the term Anthropocene, or "Age of Man", for this new period in the history of the planet. The symposium focused on the arrival and impact of this new era through the lenses of science, history, art, culture, philosophy, and economics, and promoted discussion, debate, and deliberation on these issues of change.
Speakers included Charles C. Mann, journalist and author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created; Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, & Environmental Sciences at the University of th...
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- 7. The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth, Summation - Anthropocene: Planet Earth in the Age of Humans
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- 10 years ago
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- The Honorable Timothy E. Wirth Summation
The Smithsonian Institution's Grand Challenges Consortia hosted a symposium on October 11, 2012 to address the tremendous scope of transformations now occurring on the Earth with profound effects on plants, animals, and natural habitats. Geologists have proposed the term Anthropocene, or "Age of Man", for this new period in the history of the planet. The symposium focused on the arrival and impact of this new era through the lenses of science, history, art, culture, philosophy, and economics, and promoted discussion, debate, and deliberation on these issues of change.
Speakers included Charles C. Mann, journalist and author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created; Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, & Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia; Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University; and photographer and filmmaker Chris ...
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- 8. W. John Kress, Closing Remarks - Anthropocene: Planet Earth in the Age of Humans
- Date posted
- 10 years ago
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- The Smithsonian Institution's Grand Challenges Consortia hosted a symposium on October 11, 2012 to address the tremendous scope of transformations now occurring on the Earth with profound effects on plants, animals, and natural habitats. Geologists have proposed the term Anthropocene, or "Age of Man", for this new period in the history of the planet. The symposium focused on the arrival and impact of this new era through the lenses of science, history, art, culture, philosophy, and economics, and promoted discussion, debate, and deliberation on these issues of change.
Speakers included Charles C. Mann, journalist and author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created; Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, & Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia; Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University; and photographer and filmmaker Chris Jordan. Each of these presentations was followed by re...
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- SIQ Do straws grow in the wild?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Eric Hazelton, fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, answers: Do straws grow in the wild?
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- SIQ What animal has the largest eyes?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Michael Vecchone, curator of cephalopods at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, answers: What animal has the largest eyes?
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- Wanted: A Noah's Ark for Species' DNA
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- William Y. Brown is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he is writing and pursuing projects on diverse issues (see http://www.brookings.edu/experts/brownw). Brown was formerly the Science Advisor to Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and also the President & CEO of the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and the Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts. He has chaired the boards of the Ocean Conservancy and the Global Heritage Fund. Brown has degrees from the University of Virginia (BA Biology), Johns Hopkins University (MAT), University of Hawaii (PhD Zoology), and Harvard Law School (JD).
Sept. 18, 2013
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- Highlights from Smithsonian's Anthropocene: Planet Earth in the Age of Humans
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- 11 years ago
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- The Smithsonian Institution's Grand Challenges Consortia hosted a symposium on October 11, 2012 to address the tremendous scope of transformations now occurring on the Earth with profound effects on plants, animals, and natural habitats. Geologists have proposed the term Anthropocene, or "Age of Man", for this new period in the history of the planet. The symposium focused on the arrival and impact of this new era through the lenses of science, history, art, culture, philosophy, and economics, and promoted discussion, debate, and deliberation on these issues of change.
Speakers included Charles C. Mann, journalist and author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created; Sabine O'Hara, Dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, & Environmental Sciences at the University of the District of Columbia; Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University; and photographer and filmmaker Chris Jordan. Each of these presentations was followed by re...
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- What will it mean to be human? Imagining our lives in the Anthropocene
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- 11 years ago
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- The course of human evolution has forged in our species a fundamental resilience founded on modifying the surroundings. This aspect of human nature, evolved intimately in the dynamic natural world, has made Homo sapiens a global species proficient in reshaping nature by altering landscapes, resources, water, atmosphere -- and ourselves -- in unprecedented ways. The greatest challenge of the anthropogenic Earth is to redefine responsibilities and frameworks to live by. Each area across the sciences, history, arts, and culture can have an indispensable role in framing the central principles of life in the Anthropocene. The ongoing discovery of human origins provides an example. This talk begins to explore principles that may turn the distresses over unintended consequences into pragmatic, intended, and deeply meaningful future consequences. An evolving ethic of resilience aligned with present realities and with new moral responsibilities needs to replace an ethic based on preservation an...
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- SIQ How can you get sweet, sour & picante in one bite?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital & Emerging Media from Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center, answers: How can you get sweet, sour & picante in one bite? What about sashimi & salsa at the same time?
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- SIQ How can food be innovative?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital & Emerging Media from Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center, answers: How can food be innovative?
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- SIQ If you could only have one pot in your kitchen, which should you choose?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Adriel Luis, Curator of Digital & Emerging Media from Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center, answers: If you could only have one pot in your kitchen, which should you choose?
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- 2013 Thelonious Monk Jazz Saxophone Competition
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- 11 years ago
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- On September 16 the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Finals and All-Star Gala Concert will be held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Institute will present Wayne Shorter with a Lifetime Achievement Award and pay tribute to the late George Duke with performers including: Marcus Miller, Ledisi, Branford Marsalis, Jimmy Heath, Brian Blade, Terri Lyne Carringtion, Kurt Elling, Roy Hargrove, Take 6, Danilo Perez and John Patitucci, among others. The evening's co-hosts will include Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Jr. and Billy Dee Williams. John Beasley will serve as the evening's musical director. All proceeds from the Gala Concert will support the Institute's public school jazz education programs in Washington, D.C. and across the country
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- SIQ How does a male spider avoid being eaten by the much larger female spider?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Michael Miller, keeper at the invertebrate exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, answers: How does a male spider avoid being eaten by the much larger female spider?
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- SIQ When do artists' hands tell you more than their paintings?
- Date posted
- 11 years ago
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- Mary Savig, curator of manuscripts at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, answers: When do artists' hands tell you more than their paintings?