Smithsonian Magazine8h
Newly Rediscovered, a Missing Fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning to France
Likely removed by Nazi researchers, the scrap of fabric is a small but crucial part of the tattered tapestry's nearly ...
Smithsonian Magazine12h
U.S. Butterflies Are Disappearing at Drastic Rates, With One in Five Gone Since 2000
A team of more than 30 researchers analyzed 12.6 million butterfly sightings across 76,000 population surveys. They found ...
Smithsonian Magazine9h
A New Study Finds That Domestic Cats Traveled the Silk Road to China About 1,400 Years Ago
Per the study, China’s oldest known domestic cat lived in the central province of Shaanxi between 706 and 883, during the ...
Smithsonian Magazine15h
Tiny Antarctic Krill Benefit the Planet in Big Ways, but Face a Barrage of Threats
The bountiful creatures sequester carbon and are a vital food source for marine predators, but their future is uncertain ...
Smithsonian Magazine10h
Smithsonian Scientists Discover That Traditional Agricultural Practices in the Amazon Helped Yield an Enduring Crop Clone
Genetic analyses and interviews with Indigenous farmers revealed that most manioc crops resemble each other across time and ...
Smithsonian Magazine17h
A Composting Fly Could Significantly Reduce Organic Waste at the Smithsonian Institution
An innovative and low-cost project aims to bio-convert food scraps into fertilizer, animal feed and extractable oil using the ...
Smithsonian Magazine7h
These Male Octopuses Use Venom to Subdue Female Mates—and Avoid Being Eaten After Sex
Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Newly Discovered Letters Illuminate the Life of a Female Printer Who Published Revolutionary Texts and Pushed the Colonies Toward Independence
As Virginia's first female newspaper publisher, Clementina Rind emphasized women's viewpoints and collaborated with prominent ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Extreme Heat Could Make Older Adults Age Faster by Altering Their DNA, Study Finds
Researchers compared genetic markers of aging to daily temperature records in areas across the United States and found that ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
See the New Tartan Pattern Created to Honor Women Accused of Witchcraft in Scotland Between 1563 and 1736
The black, red, gray and pink design honors the thousands of individuals—mostly women—who were persecuted under the Scottish ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Every March, Runners Race Reindeer Through the Streets of Anchorage
For three and a half blocks, athletes and ungulates share the road during the headlining event of Alaska's Fur Rendezvous ...
Smithsonian Magazine1d
Surgeons Are Conducting Rare ‘Tooth-in-Eye’ Surgeries to Restore Vision to Blind Patients in Canada
The complex procedure involves extracting a patient’s canine tooth, adding a plastic optical lens to it and surgically ...