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When Panda Family Left For China

Three giant pandas departed Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on their journey to China on a FedEx Express Boeing 777. Under the agreement signed between the Chinese and US governments,......

North America's first Gandhi museum opens in Houston

A long-awaited dream of having the first free-standing Gandhi museum in North America, dedicated to the life and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace, is finally a reality and open for......

Debris of China's disintegrating rocket falls into Indian Ocean

The debris from China's disintegrating Long March rocket entered the Earth's atmosphere on Sunday and reportedly fell into the Indian Ocean area close to the Maldives, the country's space agency......

China's spacecraft successfully brings home moon samples

China's Chang'e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. IMAGE: Researchers work around Chang'e-5......

Beautiful images from the Smithsonian's photo contest

From the ruins of a Syrian city to shamans, these are just some of the 60 breathtaking images selected as finalists in Smithsonian Magazine's 16th Annual Photo Contest. The magazine received......

Indra Nooyi inducted into Smithsonian portrait gallery

‘To be an immigrant, a South Asian immigrant of colour, a woman to be included in the Portrait Gallery... it really says that we are the country where people look for the people who make a......

Concorde finds a new home at Smithsonian museum

After 30 years of flying passengers at twice the speed of sound, the Concorde is joining the Wright flyer, Charles Lindbergh's "Spirit of St. Louis," and other aviation treasures at the Smithsonian......

Smithsonian names Bijoor consultant for venture ca

The New York-based Smithsonian Group named Harish Bijoor, who just quit as COO of Zip Telecom, a consultant for its $2 billion venture capital fund.Bijoor said his consultancy venture - Harish......

Gold can purify drinking water

Did you know that gold can clean your drinking water? According to news article posted on the World Gold Council web site, gold nanoparticles ten thousand times smaller than a human hair could be......

Indian American on US Ex-Im Bank adivsory board

The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank, the official export-credit agency of the United States, has appointed Indian American entrepreneur and investor Frank F Islam, of McLean, Virginia,......

Superheroes are like us and more

'When we walk around wearing Batman t-shirts, buy posters of Green Lantern and collect little vinyl figurines of Hulk, such actions remind us that these heroes deal with the realities running......

Indian Ocean: The last interview

A few weeks ago the band Indian Ocean came to the US for its seventh concert tour in this country. On October 9 they performed before 550 people at a concert in New York City's B B King Blues Club.......

Night At the Museum 2 is boring

The only good thing one can say about a movie like Night At the Museum: Battle of The Smithsonian is that it provided gainful employment for a few hundred behind-the-scenes people. Since a lot of......

Angels & Demons beats Terminator 4

Christian Bale, who had a sensational success with The Dark Knight last summer, has proved he isn't a box office giant. He has also proved -- with his newest film Terminator: Salvation -- that he......

The top films at the US box office

There has really not a single popcorn movie this summer as yet --- last year around this time Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and The Dark Knight were setting records around the......

You can call him Sir Andy Murray from now on...

Olympic athletes, Posh Spice and Andy Murray honoured in Queen's New Year List IMAGE: Great Britain's Andy Murray celebrates. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters. Olympic athlete Mo Farah, tennis......

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