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What Is Volcanic Ash, Anyway?

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Parícutin: The Birth of a Volcano

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What Do Fossils Teach Us?

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Plate Tectonics

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Smithsonian's Nature of Science: Expedition to Arctic Volcanoes

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How Paleontologists Identify Dinosaur Teeth

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Meteorites: Messengers From Outer Space

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Global Climate Change in Perspective

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Digitizing Nature – Field Books to Fossils

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Forensic Ornithology – Bird Detective

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Unseen Connections – A Natural History of the Cellphone

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Island Biodiversity – Tracking Human Influences

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