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  Florida Biologists Capture Record-Breaking 215-Pound Python

  smithsonianmag.com - Sarah Kuta

  Since the late 1970s, invasive Burmese pythons have been wreaking havoc on southwest Florida, gobbling up native species and harming the area’s …

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  California Passes Sweeping New Plastic Waste Law

  smithsonianmag.com - Margaret Osborne

  California’s Governor Gavin Newsom signed new legislation last week aimed at reducing plastic waste in the state. The law requires all plastic …

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  Archaeologists Begin First-Ever Excavation of Tomb Linked to King Arthur

  smithsonianmag.com - Jane Recker

  According to popular lore, Arthur’s Stone, a roughly 5,000-year-old tomb in the West Midlands of England, boasts ties to King Arthur, the mythical …

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  The Oldest Footage of New Orleans Has Been Found

  smithsonianmag.com - Jane Recker

  After decades of searching for the footage, Arthur Hardy, the publisher of an annual New Orleans Mardi Gras guide, had nearly given up. He was looking …

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  Medieval Art's Enduring Hold on Pop Culture

  smithsonianmag.com - Jane Recker

  From Harry Potter to Game of Thrones, pop culture is saturated with medieval imagery. Now, a new exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, “The Fantasy of …

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  Climate Activists Glue Themselves to Van Gogh Painting in London

  smithsonianmag.com - Elizabeth Djinis

  Earlier this week, two climate protesters glued their hands to a Vincent van Gogh painting of a bucolic countryside in Arles, France. The move was …