When Lettuce Was a Sacred Sex Symbol (www.smithsonianmag.com)
I had no idea Egyptian mythology was so wild:...
Scientists Discover a 'Phonetic Alphabet' Used by Sperm Whales, Moving One Step Closer to Decoding Their Chatter (www.smithsonianmag.com)
When Were Blue Jeans Invented? These Paintings Suggest the Fashion Trend Dates Back to the 1600s (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Ten paintings attributed to the “Master of the Blue Jeans” depict Italian peasants wearing the storied fabric...
The 'World's Largest Wildlife Crossing' Will Help Animals Walk Safely Over Eight Lanes of California Traffic (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Massive Mosasaurs May Have Evolved More Than Once (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Just as with whales, seals and various other seagoing creatures, the ancestors of mosasaurs were landlubbers. Around 100 million years ago, lizards living along Earth’s waterways began to become more adapted to life in the water....
Ancient Maya Royals' Remains Were Burned in a Public Ceremony to Mark a New Political Regime (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Brief History of Children Sent Through the Mail (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Extensive Desert 'Lava Tubes' Sheltered Humans for 7,000 Years, Archaeologists Find (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Rare Nova Explosion Will Soon Bring a 'New Star' to the Night Sky—How to Catch a Glimpse (www.smithsonianmag.com)
How Did Ötzi the Iceman Get His Tattoos? Archaeologists and Tattoo Artists Unravel the Mystery (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down (www.smithsonianmag.com)
What Myths About the Anthropocene Get Wrong (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Employee Quietly Sneaks His Own Painting Onto the Walls of a German Museum (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Why Do We Want to Squish and Squeeze Things That Are Cute? Science Has the Answer (www.smithsonianmag.com)
80 Percent of Global CO2 Emissions Come From Just 57 Companies, Report Shows (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A new analysis released last week by the international non-profit InfluenceMap reveals an overwhelmingly unequal share of fossil fuel pollution worldwide. From 2016 to 2022, 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions were produced by just 57 companies.
Why Birds Survived, and Dinosaurs Went Extinct, After an Asteroid Hit Earth (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The Club of Cape-Wearing Activists Who Helped Elect Lincoln—and Spark the Civil War (www.smithsonianmag.com)
High Schooler Invents an A.I.-Powered Trap That Zaps Invasive Lanternflies (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Archaeologists Find 'Remarkable' Roman Villa Full of Coins, Jewelry and 'Curse Tablets' (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Archaeologists have uncovered a “richly decorated” Roman villa complex during excavations in the English countryside. The site contained strange artifacts—such as miniature axes and scrolls—that may have once been used in rituals....
These Small Birds Flutter Their Wings to Say 'After You' to Their Partner (www.smithsonianmag.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13638497...
Melting Polar Ice Sheets Are Slowing Earth's Rotation. That Could Change How We Keep Time (www.smithsonianmag.com)
As ice melts into water and flows toward the equator, it redistributes mass around the Earth, affecting the planet's spin, a new study finds
These Small Birds Flutter Their Wings to Say 'After You' to Their Partner (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A new study of Japanese tits provides the first evidence of non-primate animals using gestures to convey messages...
In 1868, Two Nations Made a Treaty, the U.S. Broke It and Plains Indian Tribes are Still Seeking Justice | November 7, 2018 (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Seems like not much has changed in the 5 and a half years since this was published.
Oregon Is Now Home to the World's Largest Dark Sky Sanctuary (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Newly Discovered Fossil from the Smithsonian’s Collection Named After Kermit the Frog (www.smithsonianmag.com)
In a paper published today in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, museum paleontologist Arjan Mann and Calvin So, a doctoral researcher at George Washington University, describe a new species of proto-amphibian that they recently discovered in the museum’s fossil collection. They identified several unique features...
