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DOE Has Not Fully Used Overseas Nuclear-Cleanup Lessons, GAO Says
Auditors said British and Canadian approaches cut costs or decades from cleanup schedules while U.S. headquarters mostly treated international work as a teaching mission.
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Smithsonian Opens Japanese-Language Catalog for 2,200 Rare-Book Volumes
The searchable Pulverer Collection resource removes an English-only barrier for researchers studying more than 900 Japanese illustrated-book titles.
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Smithsonian and TOPPAN Plan Virtual Peacock Room for Early 2027
The partnership will add animation and historical audio while expanding digital access to a collection whose founding objects cannot travel.
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Three Yoshitomo Nara Sculptures Will Open the Hirshhorn’s New West Lawn Series
The garden is scheduled to reopen Oct. 31 with monumental heads enlarged from hand-shaped clay studies. A different artist will follow each year.