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THE SMITHSONIAN GRAND CHALLENGES CONSORTIA

The Smithsonian Consortia advance knowledge across disciplines to solve critical global issues of our time.

Our mission is to create new opportunities for interdisciplinary scholarship, research and education within the Smithsonian and beyond. Learn More

What It Means to Be American

The Smithsonian will travel the country in a quest to document, interpret, and present an inclusive story of the American experience.

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A Provocative Look at Our Life-Giving Star

A dramatically appealing scientific tool developed by Smithsonian astrophysicists for studying the Sun is now dazzling the public.

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Living in the Anthropocene

Tim Johnson and Rick Potts discuss the "Age of Humans" and what it means to live with our environmental effects over the long term.

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Reclaiming Identity

Are the TaÍno, the first Native people to make contact with Christopher Columbus in 1492, really extinct?

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Sea to Stars: The Smithsonian in Hawaiʻi

Smithsonian research efforts in Hawaiʻi span cultural and scientific disciplines to investigate questions that range from the sea to the stars.

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THE SMITHSONIAN GRAND CHALLENGES CONSORTIA

What It Means to Be American

A Provocative Look at Our Life-Giving Star

Living in the Anthropocene

Reclaiming Identity

Sea to Stars: The Smithsonian in Hawaiʻi