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How can we power the world with clean energy? How can we improve the quality of life through health-care innovations? Design has emerged as a powerful tool to help businesses offer ingenious and often disruptive solutions to the world's most complex problems. Join us as leading thinkers, scientists and designers share their expertise and discuss how design can accelerate innovation and provide efficient and scalable solutions to the most pressing global needs. This program was a collaboration with GE and Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum.

Scientists only have three days to examine this 40,000-year-old animal's body before it has to be refrozen to prevent rotting. In these 72 hours, what secrets can they learn from the mammoth's icy flesh? From: HOW TO CLONE A WOOLLY MAMMOTH http://bit.ly/1czHB75

From Tonto to Tarzan: Stereotypes as Obstacles to Progress Toward a More Perfect Union is a special program that examines the pervasiveness of stereotypes in American culture. In this segment, Kevin Gover, Director, National Museum of the American Indian, welcomes the speakers and the audience to the symposium. He also, along with Richard Kurin, Acting Provost of the Smithsonian Institution, honors Johnnetta Betsh Cole, who is retiring from the directorship of the National Museum of African Art. Kevin Gover (Pawnee) is the director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian and a former professor of law at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University (ASU). He served on the faculty of the university’s Indian Legal Program and was co-executive director of ASU’s American Indian Policy Institute. From 1997 to 2001 Gover was the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior, where he won praise for his efforts to rebuild long-neglected Indian schools and expand tribal and Bureau of Indian Affairs police forces throughout the country. His tenure as Assistant Secretary is perhaps best-known for his apology to Native American people for the historical conduct of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. This symposium was webcast and recorded at the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on February 9, 2017.

Sending anything into space, from NASA's exciting small research satellites to their spacecraft missions, takes a lot of careful planning and execution. Representatives from NASA's Launch Services discuss the mission flow up to launch.

Take a look at our interview with wildlife filmmaker Casey Anderson, creator of The Mountain Lion & Me on Smithsonian Channel (premiering March 14) and Casey Anderson's Wild Tracks on Smithsonian Earth (streaming March 26). We talked to Casey about his work and how he prepares for intense filming trips in the wilderness of Yellowstone. The Mountain Lion and Me http://bit.ly/2oBcIrc Casey Anderson's Wild Tracks http://bit.ly/2F3GlZi

In 1945, photographer Joe Rosenthal took the image of five U.S. Marines and one U.S. Navy Corpsman hoisting the American flag atop a mountain in Iwo Jima, but one Marine was never identified. Join us as we examine the iconic photo like never before. From the Show: The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima http://bit.ly/2k2F9Nb

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Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research supported processing and the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Smithsonian Latino Center supported preservation of the Jorge Preloran Film Collection.

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Edited documentary film by Jorge Preloran presents a portrait of the children of a small rural school in Chucalezna, in Humahuaca Canyon, Jujuy Province, Argentina. In addition to working in the fields and attending their classes, the children paint. Their colorful depictions of the life and landscape of Chucalezna, painted on donated paper tacked to the exterior walls of the school, have garnered international recognition. Filmed in October 1966. Produced at the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán with assistance from the Fondo Nacional de las Artes.

Welcome, Franklin Odo, director, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program Patricia Johnston, professor of art history, Salem State College "Global Knowledge in the Early Republic: The Circulation and Display of Objects from the East Indies and China Trades" "A Long and Tumultuous Relationship" East-West Interchanges in American Art October 1--2, 2009 This two-day symposium at the Smithsonian American Art Museum explored the complicated interactions between American and Asian artists and visual traditions from the eighteenth century to the present. The history of American art has long been discussed primarily in terms of European training and influence. When scholars have looked eastward, they often have considered the Asian influence on art of the United States as a unidirectional and limited development, suggesting that Asian culture was monolithic and unchanging while characterizing American artists as dynamic and original in their ability to absorb and meld the best of diverse global outlooks. For more information, visit the website: http://www.americanart.si.edu/research/symposia/2009/

We are four times more likely to order tomato juice on a flight than on the ground. Lufthansa wanted to find out why, so they conducted a taste test in a simulated, pressurized plane. From: X-RAY MEGA AIRPORT: Crossroads of the World http://bit.ly/1QlxyUF

Join us on a treasure hunt for the truth as we dive into the mythology of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series. From: THE REAL STORY: Pirates of the Caribbean http://bit.ly/1kfoHG9

On February 7, 1943, the USS Wahoo sailed proudly into Pearl Harbor, a broom tied to her periscope. It was a wink to an old Naval tradition signifying a clean sweep of her enemies. From: HELL BELOW: America Fights Back http://bit.ly/2aEfcBj

Joann Brennan speak about her work in the exhibition The Singing and the Silence: Birds in Contemporary Art at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition examines mankind’s relationship to birds and the natural world through the eyes of twelve major contemporary American artists, including David Beck, Rachel Berwick, Lorna Bieber, Barbara Bosworth, Joann Brennan, Petah Coyne, Walton Ford, Paula McCartney, James Prosek, Laurel Roth Hope, Fred Tomaselli, and Tom Uttech.

Maserati takes their top-performing sedan and shrinks it into a smaller, faster, and more affordable car, the Ghibli. How did they accomplish this? Building it with less-expensive materials. From: SUPERCAR SUPERBUILD: Maserati http://bit.ly/1UKjLGA

Chimney swifts going to roost in a chimney in Washington, D.C. Recorded September 1, 2010, by Tina Gheen.

Gruesome and painful surgery on board a 19th century warship was common. The medical historian who rehearsed actors from Master and Commander demonstrates the horrifying operations. From: THE REAL STORY: Master and Commander http://bit.ly/1rjK9KF

It's a big day for the 23-year-old junior officer of the MSC Oscar: he's bringing in the giant vessel to port for the first time in his career - a tricky maneuver in a narrow waterway known for its strong currents. From the Series: Mighty Ships: MSC Oscar http://bit.ly/2OEMX5i

Frankfurt Airport has 34 highly-trained sniffer dogs who can detect seven different types of illegal drugs. They work quickly before each flight, covering 40 pieces of luggage in just 100 seconds. From: X-RAY MEGA AIRPORT: Crossroads of the World http://bit.ly/1QlxyUF

Willow Flycatcher recorded by George Jameson.

Tim Gunn speaks about design and answers real questions from teens. Webcasting live from New York City.

The Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (SCLDA) hosted "Digital Directions in Learning", an online discussion series with leaders and researchers in public education, after school programming, museum education, and educational technology on the last Wednesday of each month, in February-June 2014. Welcome: Stephanie Norby, Director Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access, Smithsonian Institution Moderator: Claudine Brown, Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, Smithsonian Institution Panelists: Chris Dede Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies Harvard Graduate School of Education Chris Dede’s fields of scholarship include emerging technologies, policy, and leadership. His funded research includes five grants from NSF and the Gates Foundation to design and study immersive simulations, transformed social interactions, and online professional development. Barry J. Fishman Associate Professor, School of Education, Associate Professor, School of Information University of Michigan Barry Fishman's research focuses on the use of technology to support teacher learning, video games as models for learning environments, and the role of educational leaders in fostering classroom-level reform involving technology. Fishman's research is concerned with the design and implementation of reform supported by technology. To this end, he is a co-developer of the Design-Based Implementation Research framework. Samuel Abramovich Assistant Professor of Education Informatics Department of Learning and Instruction / Department of Library and Information Studies State University of New York at Buffalo Samuel’s research centers on finding and understanding the learning opportunities presented by the intersection of education informatics and the learning sciences to help guide education improvement and reform. He also looks at educator interactions in large-scale online resource exchanges and how educational badges can increase motivation to learn. Kyle Peck Co-Director of Online Center for Innovation in Learning/ Professor of Education and Research Learning Design and Technology Program Penn State University Dr. Kyle L. Peck studies and applies innovations in education, his current interests include Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and digital badges in education. Kyle is Director for the DIY STEM program, an emerging national opportunity to enhance learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math through hands on projects, online learning opportunities and digital badges.