"One Million Mosquitos." More than one million are in the 



Smithsonian's mosquito collection. (NMNH) September 23, 



1984. 

 "Thinking about Animals." People's attitudes toward animals. 



(NZP, SI) September 23, 1984. 

 "The World's Biggest Tenderfoot." Little-known elephant facts 



and lore combined with preservation attempts for an 



endangered species. (NZP) September 30, 1984. 

 "Political Spots." Brief history of campaign "spots" from the 



30's through the 50*s. (NMAH) November 4, 1984. 

 "The Final Frontier." Speculation on living and working in 



outer space. (NASM) December 16, 1984. 

 "Here Comes Halley's." Smithsonian astronomers preview 1985 's 



big celestial event, the arrival of Halley's Comet. (NASM, 



SAO) December 16, 1984. 

 "Hairstreaks and Skippers." Two entomologists report on the 



bizarre lifestyles of butterflies. (NMNH) December 30, 1984. 

 "Seaweed Mystery." Seaweed grows 850 feet beneath the sea 



without sunlight. Scientists are trying to find out how. 



(NMNH) January 6, 1985. 

 "Quetzalcoatlus Flies Again. . .Maybe." Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, 



better known as the Pterosaur, was the largest creature ever 



to fly. Experts try to build a working model. (NASM) 



January 13, 1985. 

 "Say It Ain't So, Wesley." Wesley Archer published some of World 



War I's most famous aerial combat photos. Two curators say 



they're fakes and explain how and why Wesley did it. (NASM) 



January 13, 1985. 

 "New at the Zoo." New director Dr. Michael Robinson looks at the 



changing roles of modern zoos. (NZP) January 20, 1985. 

 "Insects in Peru, Part 2." Follow-up on the continuing canopy 



studies of biologist Terry Irwin, who at last count had upped 



the number of insect species in the rain forests to 30 



million. (NMNH) January 20, 1985. 

 "The Spider's Web." Jonathan Coddington provides more 



information on evolution derived from the lives and habits of 



arachnids. (NMNH) February 10, 1985. 

 "Understanding Echinoderms. " Found in marine habitats all over 



the world, it is no easy task to understand these sea urchins, 



starfish and their kin. (NMNH) February 10,1985. 

 "Happy Birthday, DC-3." The first commercially viable plane 



turns 50 this year but the credit should really go to its 



older brother, the DC-2. (NASM) February 17, 1985. 

 "People in transition." Anthropologist Allison Brooks observes 



a major cultural change in IKung San people of Africa's 



Kalahari Desert as they evolve from a hunter-gather society 



into an agricultural one. (NMNH) February 24, 1985. 



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