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Outdoor Comedy, a Talk on Famous Jewels, and a Book on Secret Service Scandals: Things to Do in DC, May 17-19 Plus: Great listening recs.  Here’s what you should check out this week: Too close: A president’s daughter falls in love with her Secret Service agent—it’s the plot of the terrible 2004 rom-com Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore, but it’s also rumored to be what happened in the Trump White House, according to a new book. Washington Post investigative reporter Carol Leo...

Published April 05. 2021 10:25AM | Updated April 05. 2021 8:02PM Get the weekly rundown Email* Submit Groton — A woman was injured and she and her family were displaced from their home following a fire Sunday morning. The fire broke out about 5:19 a.m. at a home near 260 Great Brook Road, according to Jeffrey Post, chief of the Center of Groton Fire Department. The family who lived in the home escaped the blaze but an unidentified woman, whose age was unknown,...

March 16th, 2021, 6:00AM / BY Abigail Eisenstadt Dom Pedro aquamarine was cut from a 100-pound crystal that was mined in the late 1980s. It weighs around 4.6 pounds, making it one of the largest aquamarine gemstones in the world. (Donald E. Hurlbert, Smithsonian) For those who study what happens when magma and crust collide, igneous rocks like pegmatites are a welcome sight. But in addition to holding clues about Earth’s mineral and geologic processes, pegmatites dep...

December 21st, 2020, 6:00AM / BY Abigail Eisenstadt The original photos from late 1800s by famous snowflake photographer Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, are stored in the Smithsonian Archives. His pictures were instrumental in helping scientists examine snow’s crystalline properties. (Erin Malsbury, Smithsonian Open Access, Wilson A. Bentley) Winter officially begins today, and cold weather fanatics are hoping for snow. But snowfall brings more than wintry fun. This ...