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• J.P. Morgan Plans Risk-Panel Shift

  
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  By DAN FITZPATRICK and JOANN S. LUBLIN J.P. Morgan’s board is changing the composition of its risk-policy committee in the wake of more than $ 2 billion in trading losses. Colin Barr has the latest on The News Hub. Photo: Reuters. The board of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is expected to shake up its [...] J.P. ...
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• 2013 exhibition to celebrate first complete human genome sequence

  
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  To celebrate the 10th anniversary of researchers producing the first complete human genome sequence — the genetic blueprint of the human body — the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History will open a new high-tech, high-intensity exhibition in 2013. The exhibition will result from a collaboration ...
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• Scientists discover sensory organ in baleen whales that choreographs movement of their massive jaws and throat-pouch

  
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  Lunge feeding in rorqual whales (a group that includes blue, humpback and fin whales) is unique among mammals, but details of how it works have remained elusive. Now, scientists from the Smithsonian Institution and University of British Columbia have solved the mystery. They discovered a sensory organ in the chin of ...
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• Exhibit on Mayan culture, civilization to open Saturday at Florida Museum

  
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  Exhibit on Mayan culture, civilization to open Saturday at Florida Museum
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• Arts Roundup: Fiddler on the Roof Edition

  
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  National Museum of Natural History developing a human-genome exhibit [ AP/Huffington Post ] Adams Morgans Fiddler on the Roof already is already planning a summer concert series [ DCist ] Nicole Kidman to play a part in the forthcoming movie The Butler based on Wil Haygoods 2008 Washington Post story [ Post ] ...
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• Smithsonian To Create Its 1st Human Genome Exhibit

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is developing its first major exhibit on the human genome with a $3 million pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp. The museum announced plans Monday to collaborate with the National Human Genome Research Institute ...
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• Smithsonian to create its 1st human genome exhibit

  
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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 pledge from the philanthropic foundation of Life Technologies Corp. The museum announced plans Monday to collaborate with the National Human Genome Research Institute at the ...
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• Tyrannosaurus Koch

  
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  The last time billionaire and libertarian activist  David Koch paid for a permanent exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History, in 2010, the unveiling attracted a tiny smattering of protesters . The show was the institutions hall on evolution, and the demonstrators, from Green Peace, kind of had a point: ...
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• Koch Gives $35 Million to Smithsonian Natural History Museum

  
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  The gift from David H. Koch is for a complete overhaul of the National Museum of Natural Historys dinosaur hall.
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• Events May 4-6: Cool off with IMAX, Fly a kite at the Sackler and celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Smithsonian

  
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  This Saturday, you can make a Korean kite just like this one at the Sackler Gallery. Image courtesy of the Freer and Sackler Galleries. Friday, May 4 Cool off with IMAX When you find yourself complaining about D.C.’s humidity, imagine trekking across the Arctic wilderness with a set of seven-month-old ...
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• $35-million donation will build new dinosaur hall at National Museum of Natural History

  
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  The National Museum of Natural History announced today that it will construct a new dinosaur exhibition hall made possible by a $35 million donation from David H. Koch, executive vice president of Koch Industries and philanthropist. This renovation—the largest and most complex in the museum’s history—offers an ...
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• Koch gives Smithsonian $35M for new dinosaur hall

  
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  WASHINGTON — An energy businessman is donating a record $35 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to build a new dinosaur hall on the National Mall. The Smithsonian is announcing the gift Thursday from David H. Koch, the executive vice president of Koch Industries Inc. of Wichita, Kan. It ...
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• Global forest science research center moves from Harvard to the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.

  
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  In May, the Center for Tropical Forest Science-Smithsonian Institution Global Earth Observatory is moving from its headquarters at Harvard University to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. The move enhances coordination efforts for the 46-plot research network, which partners ...
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• Study: Space rock caught some dinosaurs already in decline

  
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  Large, plant-eating dinosaurs were already in decline by the time a space rock smashed into Earth 65 million years ago and ended the reptiles’ long reign, a study published on Tuesday says. The findings by scientists in the United States and Germany do not dispute the mass extinction that so dramatically ended the ...
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• Photos: PEN Honors Eskinder Nega – His Wife Serkalem Fasil Accepts Award

  
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  Ethiopian journalist Eskinder Nega was honored Tuesday evening with PEN Americas "Freedom to Write" award.
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• Park Service natural history collections transferred to care of the Smithsonian

  
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  The National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution have announced a new partnership to share responsibility for selected National Park Service natural history collections, making them more readily available to researchers through the Smithsonian. Collections will continue to be owned by the National Park ...
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• My Giving Pledge: April Donation

  
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  I pledge to donate money to at least one nonprofit every month. Wow. How is April already coming to an end? It just occurred to me that I hadn’t blogged about my April donation yet. Technically, we donated twice this month. I guess it’s becoming a bit of a habit now, which is exactly why I decided to make a ...
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• It’s spring! says mother stork Max

  
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  GenevaLunch.com ZURICH, SWITZERLAND – Max the stork now has three little ones in the family nest on the Swiss-German border. This is Max’s 11th time around as mother, and she and her mate have managed to keep all three young birds alive during their first week, despite high winds and unseasonably cold ...
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