co A Detroit Gallery Is Providing Kids With Coloring Books—and Meals—Amid COVID-19 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 19 Mar 2020 17:48:00 +0000 The Library Street Collective's "We All Rise" coloring book features drawings by around 30 contemporary artists Full Article
co Portable, Pocket-Sized Rock Art Discovered in Ice Age Indonesian Cave By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 14:38:26 +0000 The findings further refute the outdated notion that humans' capacity for complex artistic expression evolved exclusively in Europe Full Article
co In a First, Researchers Record Penguins Vocalizing Under Water By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 But the scientists still aren’t sure what the birds are saying Full Article
co How Australia’s Wilderness Is Recovering From Wildfires By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 11:30:00 +0000 Greenery is sprouting from scorched tree trunks as the forests regrow their canopies Full Article
co 68 Cultural, Historical and Scientific Collections You Can Explore Online By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Tour world-class museums, read historic cookbooks, browse interactive maps and more Full Article
co Urban Coyotes Eat a Lot of Garbage—and Cats By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 13:30:00 +0000 A new study shows how city-dwelling coyotes thrive by feasting on human-linked food sources Full Article
co NASA Projects Slowed by COVID-19, but New Mars Rover Perseveres By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 16:55:38 +0000 If Perseverance doesn’t launch this year, it will have to wait until 2022 Full Article
co How COVID-19 Is Affecting the United States' National Parks By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 18:48:17 +0000 Some sites have closed completely, while others are making modifications to promote social distancing Full Article
co Lego Pieces Could Last for 1,300 Years in Marine Environments By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:00:00 +0000 The extent of the toy’s durability came as a 'surprise' to researchers behind a new study Full Article
co Amid a Pandemic, Olympic Committee Postpones Summer Games Until 2021 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 14:55:31 +0000 Delaying the Games for a year is considered by many to be the best course of action for public health Full Article
co Your Butterfly Photos Could Help Monarch Conservation By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 15:15:24 +0000 As monarchs leave their winter hideaways, conservationists are seeking assistance in studying their migration routes Full Article
co Stuck at Home? Take Yale’s Most Popular Course Ever: The Science of Happiness By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 In its first year, the class attracted more than 1,200 students. The online version is abbreviated, but free Full Article
co Community-Researcher Collaboration Reveals Ancient Maya Capital in Backyard By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 13:25:26 +0000 A recent excavation located the first physical evidence of the capital of the Maya kingdom of Sak Tz'i', founded in 750 B.C. Full Article
co Albert Uderzo, Co-Creator of 'Asterix and Obelix' Comics, Dies at 92 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 17:15:34 +0000 The pint-sized, mustachioed Gaul immortalized in the French cartoon has spawned films, a theme park and many other spin-offs Full Article
co COVID-19 Could Threaten Great Ape Populations, Researchers Warn By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 No SARS-CoV-2 infections have yet been detected in our closest living relatives. But there is precedent for viruses jumping from people to other great apes Full Article
co China Plans to Lift Lockdown on Wuhan, Where COVID-19 Was First Detected By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 16:48:35 +0000 With no new infections reported in Hubei province in recent days, restrictions are easing up—but experts worry about possible 'second wave' of cases Full Article
co Children's Educational Books See Uptick in Sales Amid COVID-19 School Closures By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Mar 2020 17:39:01 +0000 Titles related to "home-life" subjects—like preserving and canning—have also experienced a boost in sales Full Article
co Amid COVID-19 Closures, Egypt Sanitizes the Giza Pyramids By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 The country has shut down its museums and archaeological sites in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus Full Article
co Bored at Home? Help Great Britain 'Rescue' Its Old Rainfall Records By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 14:11:12 +0000 Precious data points logged on paper are in dire need of a hero. Could it be you? Full Article
co How—and When—Will the COVID-19 Pandemic End? By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:01:30 +0000 Americans have some time before social distancing measures can let up—and every day counts Full Article
co Wreck of Cold War-Era Submarine Found Off the Coast of Oahu By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 14:36:37 +0000 After 62 years underwater, the USS "Stickleback"—the casualty of an accidental friendly collision—has finally been found Full Article
co Van Gogh Masterpiece Stolen From Dutch Museum Shuttered by COVID-19 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 16:38:25 +0000 Thieves pilfered "The Parsonage Garden at Nuenen in Spring 1884" from the Singer Laren in the early hours of Monday morning Full Article
co Watch Seven Medieval Castles' Digital Reconstruction By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:00:00 +0000 Architects and designers restored royal ruins across Europe to their former glory Full Article
co Scientists Discover Plastic-Munching Microbe in Waste Site By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 13:00:00 +0000 The bacterial strain can break down some of the toxic components of polyurethane plastic Full Article
co Maine Shipwreck Identified as Colonial-Era Cargo Vessel By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 15:43:42 +0000 Storms reveal, then hide, the ship's sand-covered remains every decade or so Full Article
co See Seven New Dazzling, Dancing Peacock Spiders By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:50:27 +0000 Hailing from all over Australia, the spiders were identified by a scientist who used to fear them Full Article
co Why the National Emergency Library Is So Controversial By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 15:46:10 +0000 The Internet Archive describes the downloadable collection of more than one million books as a library, but critics call it piracy Full Article
co To Image a Black Hole Again, Scientists May Need to Put a Telescope on the Moon By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 14:47:25 +0000 New calculations show that the ring of light surrounding a black hole is actually made up of infinite subrings that can’t be seen with current technology Full Article
co The Fallout of a Medieval Archbishop's Murder Is Recorded in Alpine Ice By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 15:09:14 +0000 Traces of lead pollution frozen in a glacier confirm that British lead production waned just before the death of Thomas Becket Full Article
co 196-Foot Section of the Berlin Wall Demolished to Make Way for Condos By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 18:21:03 +0000 Angry historians say the stretch of concrete was one of the largest remaining sections of the inner wall Full Article
co Four New Species of Prehistoric Flying Reptiles Unearthed in Morocco By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 19:59:14 +0000 These flying reptiles patrolled the African skies some 100 million years ago Full Article
co With Many Countries Under Shelter-in-Place Orders, the World Shakes a Little Less By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 13:30:00 +0000 Geoscientists noticed the normal rumbles of human activity picked up by their instruments have died down as much of the world ground to a halt Full Article
co What Experts Know About Masks and COVID-19 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 06 Apr 2020 19:50:09 +0000 The CDC recommends wearing a fabric mask in public where social distancing is difficult, like at the grocery store Full Article
co As COVID-19 Reshapes the World, Cultural Institutions Collect Oral Histories By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 15:20:58 +0000 Universities, libraries and museums are among the organizations seeking personal stories about the pandemic's effects on daily life Full Article
co Archaeologists Discover Paintings of Goddess in 3,000-Year-Old Mummy's Coffin By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 20:12:45 +0000 Researchers lifted the ancient Egyptian mummy out of her coffin for the first time in 100 years and, to their surprise, uncovered the ancient artworks Full Article
co Quarantined Couple Builds Art Museum to Entertain Pet Gerbils By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 The story of two bored art lovers who found a way to "a-mouse" themselves Full Article
co The Plague Has Been Quietly Killing Yellowstone Cougars for a Decade By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 12:00:00 +0000 Researchers found that almost half of the mountain lions they tested showed signs of plague infection Full Article
co Researchers Calculated a Whale Shark’s Age Based on Cold War-Era Bomb Tests By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 13:00:00 +0000 Nuclear bomb tests caused a spike in a radioactive form of carbon that accumulated in living things Full Article
co A Tiger in the Bronx Zoo Tested Positive for COVID-19 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 16:19:24 +0000 Nadia, a four-year-old Malayan tiger, is the first known animal to test positive for coronavirus in the United States Full Article
co Saturn's Auroras Could Help Explain the Weird Amounts of Heat in Its Atmosphere By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:05:00 +0000 The planet's temperatures spike around the latitudes where auroras show up Full Article
co Newly Discovered Portrait Depicts Woman Who May Have Inspired Jane Austen Character By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:06:10 +0000 Mary Pearson, who was briefly engaged to the writer's brother, may be the real-life counterpart of Lydia Bennet from "Pride and Prejudice" Full Article
co Why Scientists Created a 'Smart Toilet' That Recognizes Your Butt By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Apr 2020 20:25:40 +0000 The bidet-like suite of devices detects abnormalities in feces that could flag signs of certain cancers Full Article
co Ornately Decorated Eggs Have Been Traded Worldwide for Thousands of Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 A new analysis of ancient ostrich eggs at the British Museum underscores the interconnectedness of the ancient world Full Article
co This Sound Artist Is Asking People to Record COVID-19 Haikus By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:22:39 +0000 Called "Social Distancing, Haiku and You," Alan Nakagawa's project will result in a sound collage that interweaves a multitude of voices Full Article
co Hand-Reared Monarch Butterflies Are Weaker Than Their Wild Cousins By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:01:47 +0000 In the wild, only about one in 20 caterpillars grows up to be a butterfly Full Article
co Colorful Image Lights Up Microscopic Guts of 'Water Bear' By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:55:38 +0000 Biologist Tagide deCarvalho created this award-winning image of the tardigrade using fluorescent stains Full Article
co Digital Reconstructions Reveal 200-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Embryo’s Unusual Teeth By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 18:24:23 +0000 New scans suggest unhatched dinosaurs reabsorbed a set of teeth during development Full Article
co Poo-Sniffing Peeps, Miss Ameripeep and More Emerge Victorious in #PeepYourScience 2020 Competition By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 14:00:00 +0000 Blending marshmallows with scientific rigor, the contest offers levity during a difficult time Full Article
co Berlin Artists Turn Their Balconies Into Mini Galleries By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 19:46:57 +0000 Some 50 artists around the Prenzlauer Berg district displayed works of art for passersby to enjoy Full Article
co Cook These Quarantine-Friendly World War I Recipes By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:00:00 +0000 An online exhibition from the National WWI Museum and Memorial features recipes detailed in 1918 cookbook Full Article