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This video was created for the Get a Head Start with the Smithsonian (GHSS) program. This National Zoo-based project brings the entire Smithsonian Institution into your preschool or Head Start classroom! GHSS explores popular Pre-K themes with . Shortened snippet. View full page for more details.
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person in basketball shoes walking on hard floor
Why Do Basketball Players’ Shoes Squeak on the Court? Here’s the Physics Behind the Iconic, High-Pitched Sounds
The screeches come from wave-like deformations of sneakers’ flexible soles
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Wallace and Gromit chase Feathers McGraw in this model from "The Wrong Trousers" (1993).
Here’s How Animators Make Stop-Motion Masterpieces Like ‘Wallace & Gromit’ Come Alive
Aardman’s shows, shorts and feature films require painstaking craftsmanship. An interactive exhibition at the Young V&A museum in London brings museumgoers behind the scenes
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Two researchers look at a computer screen
To Help Save Wildlife, Ecologists Learn AI Skills at the Zoo’s Science Campus
As artificial intelligence reshapes science, a new generation of ecologists is learning how to harness its potential.
Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute
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A man carries a giant head in a wheelbarrow
We’ve Been Manipulating Images Since the Invention of Photography—Long Before Photoshop or Artificial Intelligence
Dating to between 1860 and 1940, more than 50 photographs depicting the impossible are on view in a new exhibition at the Rijksmuseum
Smithsonian Magazine
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The Roman stone pictured with pieces that were not found with the artifact.
This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play
The limestone oval is carved with a dark, thin rectangle on which ancient people repeatedly moved game pieces
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The YouTube watch page on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum's South Kensington location
Watch the First-Ever Video Uploaded to YouTube, a Grainy 19-Second Clip Called ‘Me at the Zoo’
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has acquired the site’s very first video, which went live on April 23, 2005
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Left: two people standing near a mannequin with the device. Right: A mannequin with the device.
How Often Do You Fart? This ‘Smart Underwear’ Can Keep Track, Because Figuring Out a Baseline Is Important for Science
Researchers have launched a study to find a typical range for flatulence, which has been harder to measure than you might expect
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