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Archaeologists Say They’ve Identified Traces of a 2,000-Year-Old Love Note Still Etched Into a Wall in Ancient Pompeii

Archaeologists Say They’ve Identified Traces of a 2,000-Year-O…

Smithsonian MagazineEllen Wexler

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Woman in 1777. Propaganda Transformed Her Into a Martyr of the American Revolution

A Native Soldier Allied With the British Killed a Young White Wom…

Smithsonian MagazineSerena Jampel

Andrew Lloyd Webber Says He’s Writing a New Musical About the Time the ‘Mona Lisa’ Vanished Without a Trace in 1911

Andrew Lloyd Webber Says He’s Writing a New Musical About the T…

Smithsonian MagazineEllen Wexler

A 1,300-Pound Spacecraft Might Be Plummeting Through Our Atmosphere Right Now

A 1,300-Pound Spacecraft Might Be Plummeting Through Our Atmosp…

Smithsonian MagazineMargherita Bassi

Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a Request to Borrow Picasso’s ‘Guernica’ Sparks a Bitter Debate

Where Does This Anti-War Masterpiece Belong? In Spain, a R…

Smithsonian MagazineRyley Graham

The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’s Father, a Trailblazing Black General

The Real Count of Monte Cristo Was Alexandre Dumas’s Father, a Trail…

Smithsonian MagazineJoel Sams

Warm Waters Are Usually Trapped Deep Within the Southern Ocean. Now, They’re Encroaching on Antarctica, Threatening Its Ice

Warm Waters Are Usually Trapped Deep Within the Southern Ocean. …

Smithsonian MagazineRudy Molinek

Nine Black College Students Were Arrested in 1961 for Reading at a …

Smithsonian MagazineKayla Randall

In the Ancient World, This Pigment Was Worth More Than Gold. Arch…

Smithsonian MagazineMary Randolph

This Greek Volcano Seemed Quiet for 100,000 Years. Then It Erupted …

Smithsonian MagazineRudy Molinek

Walt Disney Visited a Ford Factory in 1948. What He Witnessed Ther…

Smithsonian MagazineRoland Betancourt

Fourteen Fun Facts About Love and Sex in the Animal Kingdom

Smithsonian MagazineKatherine J. Wu,Rachael Lallensack

Top Ten Myths About the Brain

Smithsonian MagazineLaura Helmuth

Do Our Brains Find Certain Shapes More Attractive Than Others?

Smithsonian MagazineMegan Gambino

These 12,000-Year-Old Flutes Mimic the Sound of Prehistoric Birds

Smithsonian MagazineTeresa Nowakowski

Singapore’s “National Night” Encourages Citizens to Make Babies

Smithsonian MagazineRachel Nuwer

The James Webb Space Telescope Has Captured Our Galaxy’s Most …

Smithsonian MagazineMargherita Bassi

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Flamingos

Smithsonian MagazineAshley Goetz

The Incredible Flying Car of the 1950s

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River Otters Take Party Pooping To A New Level

Smithsonian MagazineKatrina Lohan and Karen McDonald

See the Wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ in Aston…

Smithsonian MagazineSarah Kuta

More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles

Smithsonian MagazineBob Holmes,Knowable

These High-Tech Scarecrows Will Keep Pesky Creatures Away

Smithsonian MagazineDavid Wilson,Modern Farmer

This Ski Area Hired a Herd of Goats and Sheep to Help With Landscapi…

Smithsonian MagazineSarah Kuta

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Smithsonian MagazineRachel Nuwer

The Pumpkin Toadlet’s Miniature Size Makes It a Lousy Hopper

Smithsonian MagazineElizabeth Gamillo

Watch Octopuses Team Up With Fish to Hunt—and Punch Those T…

Smithsonian MagazineAlexa Robles-Gil

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Accidentally Discovers Sulfur Cry…

Smithsonian MagazineEli Wizevich

World’s Deepest Shipwreck Discovered Four Miles Underwate…

Smithsonian MagazineMargaret Osborne

Darth Vader Didn’t Come Alive Until James Earl Jones Gave Him a Voice

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