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Alcohol-Related Cancer Deaths Have More Than Doubled in the United States Over the Past 30 Years, Study Suggests

While scientists say their findings don't necessarily mean you need to cut alcohol from your life entirely, knowing the potential risks—espe

smithsonianmag.com 21.09.26 · 84👁

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A Researcher Studying in a Dutch Library Was Amazed to Discover a Scrap of Parchment From a 1,700-Year-Old Copy of ‘The Odyssey’

The handwritten fragment contains Greek verses from Book 12 of Homer’s epic, in which King Odysseus recounts the fate of his doomed crew

smithsonianmag.com 21.09.26 · 83👁

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Meet the Adorable and Tiny Tilcayo, the First Brand-New Cat Species Identified in More Than a Century

Discovered in a cloud forest in Brazil, the diminutive felines are smaller than a house cat and covered in large, irregularly shaped rosette

smithsonianmag.com 21.09.26 · 110👁

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From ‘Sunday Scaries’ and ‘Whack-a-Mole’ to ‘Looksmaxxing’ and ‘Cuffing Season,’ These Are the Newest Words in the Dictionary

Merriam-Webster’s update includes 1,400 words that have demonstrated frequent, widespread and meaningful use

smithsonianmag.com 21.09.26 · 87👁

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Before State Lines: Here Are Five Ways Montana Has Been Keeping Time for Ages

Travel across Montana and uncover the fossils, geology, and cultural traditions that shaped it

smithsonianmag.com 21.09.26 · 84👁

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The Moon Just Got a Massive New Crater That's Wider Than Two End-to-End Football Fields. It's a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime Observation'

The impact crater was formed in 2024 when an object the size of a multi-story building crashed into our lunar companion. The resulting divot

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 125👁

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A Herd of 40 Life-Size Bison Puppets Will Stampede Through New York This Weekend to Honor Indigenous History and Resilience

The massive bovines, each maneuvered by three puppeteers, will roam through Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 109👁

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From 22,000 Miles Up, This Satellite Tracks Airborne Health Threats Almost in Real Time

The new instrument, called TEMPO, captures hourly snapshots of the pollutants swirling in the daytime atmosphere over North America—“chemica

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 118👁

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Centuries Ago, an Architect Characterized the Parthenon’s Curves as a Clever Optical Illusion. Now, a Mathematician Begs to Differ

In the first century B.C.E., Vitruvius wrote that the Acropolis’ largest temple was horizontally bowed so that it didn't seem to sag, and th

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 100👁

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Tyrannosaurus Rex Was a Warm-Blooded Dinosaur, With a Body Temperature Similar to That of Humans, Study Suggests

A tooth analysis hints that the fearsome predator ran at a toasty 97 degrees Fahrenheit. Maintaining that internal temperature may have allo

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 113👁

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The Ancient DNA of a Deadly Animal Virus Has Been Lurking in Medieval Manuscripts for Centuries, Researchers Find

A new analysis of teeth and parchment suggests that the devastating sheep pox virus has been infecting livestock for 3,700 years

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 112👁

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Five Ways the World of the Dinosaurs Looked Different From Ours, Beyond the Presence of the 'Terrible Lizards'

Earth has changed dramatically since the Age of Dinosaurs, from its climate to geography and animal life

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 90👁

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A Humpback Whale Mom Stayed With Her Stillborn Calf, Repeatedly Touching It and Staring Into Its Eyes. Was She Grieving?

Observed last year off the coast of Queensland, Australia, this event marks the first documentation of a stillbirth in the species, providin

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 92👁

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The Founders of the 'New York Times' Pledged to Cover 'Every Subject of Public Importance.' 175 Years Later, the Paper Continues to Publish 'All the News That's Fit to Print'

Much has changed since the publication debuted on September 18, 1851. What hasn't changed, staff members say, is the paper's mission

smithsonianmag.com 18.09.26 · 101👁

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Scientists Created Mice With Half-Human Brains. The Hybrid Animals Could Revolutionize Our Understanding of Neurological Disorders

Our brains and their associated diseases are notoriously hard to study. So, researchers developed an animal model with a cortex—the brain’s

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 102👁

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Pope Leo XIV Makes a Splash for His 71st Birthday, Announcing a Water-Themed Art Exhibition at the Vatican Library

Contemporary sculptures, fish made from typographic elements, centuries-old treatises and historical global cookbooks will feature in the ne

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 101👁

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Bought for $30 at an Estate Sale, This Long-Lost Gertrude Abercrombie Painting Could Now Fetch $250,000

The Chicago-based Surrealist created the piece in 1951, then gave it to a doctor in exchange for medical services

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A Tiny Town in the Italian Riviera Has Its Own Version of Focaccia, and Let This Be a Warning—It's Addictive

Unlike the pillowy-soft focaccia that’s more widely known, focaccia di Recco is thin, crispy and filled with gooey cheese

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 94👁

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Billions of Years Ago, Venus May Have Had a Moon—Which the Planet Promptly Gobbled Up, Study Suggests

Scientists have puzzled over why the planet dubbed "Earth's twin" doesn't have a moon. Computer simulations hint that if Venus ever did have

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 105👁

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A Rare Marble Sculpture by America’s First Professional Female Sculptor Sat Hidden in Plain Sight for Decades in an English Garden

Until its discovery during a house appraisal, the debut bust by Harriet Goodhue Hosmer, a celebrated artist and feminist icon, had been mist

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Researchers Have Analyzed the Roman Empire’s 190,000-Mile Network of Roads. Turns Out, Not All of Them Led to Rome

For a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whethe

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 92👁

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New Zealand Welcomes a Record 90 Kakapo Chicks, Helping the World's Chunkiest Parrot Species Rebound From the Brink of Extinction

Annual chick counts aren't confirmed until the youngest hatchling reaches 150 days old, a benchmark for independence. The population now sta

smithsonianmag.com 17.09.26 · 97👁

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A 66-Million-Year-Old Feather Trapped in Dinosaur Poop Might Help Explain Why Some Birds Survived Mass Extinction

Discovered in Montana in 2016, the cherry-size coprolite contains feathers, bones and evidence of the bird's last meal before the creature w

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 105👁

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This New Brain Map Shows Every Nerve Cell in an Adult Male Fruit Fly's Central Nervous System. Here's Why That Matters

The recently released "connectome" joins a previously completed map of an adult female fruit fly’s brain. The digital 3D diagrams allow scie

smithsonianmag.com 16.09.26 · 98👁