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Weekender    AUGUST 2019

Smithsonian Scientists Are Using Ginkgo Leaves to Study Climate Change—They Need Your Help Citizen scientists can submit leaf samples from their hometowns through the end of August Read More ››

Ginkgo has survived three mass extinctions, including the one that killed the dinosaurs. (Rich Barclay)

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