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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History - 148 Million Specimens

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History safeguards 148 million objects, yet 99% of them remain hidden from public view. Behind the scenes, these treasures solve real-world problems, like helping planes avoid birds and identifying invasive species threatening agriculture. Now, the museum is tackling one of its most ambitious projects ever: assembling a DNA library of every complex life form on Earth. We went behind the scenes to see how breakthroughs in AI, high-resolution imaging, and robotics make that possible.

To Correct Some Fishy Anatomy, Researchers at the National Museum of  Natural History Get Inside the Head of a Coelacanth | Smithsonian Voices |  National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Magazine

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