Created for the tenth anniversary of the Doors frontman's death in 1971, the bust stood on his grave in the famous Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris for only seven years

Smithsonian Magazine

31.05.2025

Banksy Unveils New Lighthouse Mural With the Words 'I Want to Be What You Saw in Me' in France

The anonymous street artist announced the uncharacteristically personal artwork on May 29. It's located on a wall in the French city of Marseille

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31.05.2025

The Chrysler Building Has Towered Above New York City for Nearly a Century. Now, the Art Deco Skyscraper Is for Sale

When it was completed in 1930, the 1,046-foot building was briefly the tallest in the world. In recent years, it's fallen into disrepair

Smithsonian Magazine

31.05.2025

This 14-Year-Old Built an App That Detects Heart Diseases in Seconds

Siddarth Nandyala wants to put his tool in the hands of medical professionals so that they can catch cardiovascular abnormalities in their early stages

Smithsonian Magazine

31.05.2025

A Fungal Disease Ravaged North American Bats. Now, Researchers Found a Second Species That Suggests It Could Happen Again

White-nose syndrome caused millions of bat deaths, and scientists are sounding the alarm that a second fungus could be disastrous if it reaches American wildlife

Smithsonian Magazine

31.05.2025

This 55-Year-Old Sherpa Guide Just Summited Mount Everest for the 31st Time, Breaking His Own Record

Kami Rita has been scaling the world's tallest mountain since 1994. He reaches the summit nearly every year—and sometimes twice in the same year

Smithsonian Magazine

31.05.2025

Scientists Investigate 2.2-Million-Year-Old Tooth Enamel to Unravel the Mysteries of Ancient Human Relatives

By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived in southern Africa

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

Giant Sloths the Size of Elephants Once Walked Along the Ground. Here's How the Massive Animals Evolved and Declined

Researchers analyzed fossils and DNA to get a big-picture view of sloth evolution and determine what drove their immense size variation

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

This Bewildering Byzantine Bucket Stumped Archaeologists for Decades. Now, They've Finally Discovered Its Purpose

Fragments of the bucket were first found at England's Sutton Hoo burial site in 1986. New research has revealed that the 1,500-year-old artifact was probably used as a cremation vessel

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space

As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region thought to be largely devoid of objects

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

You Can Now Visit the Small House Where Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë Were Born

The newly renovated Brontë Birthplace in Bradford, England, was the three sisters' home until 1820, when the family moved to a nearby parsonage

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

The Fearsome Megalodon Ate Basically Whatever It Wanted to Reach Its Daily 100,000-Calorie Need, Study Suggests

Scientists previously assumed the giant, prehistoric sharks mostly feasted on whales, but it turns out they probably weren’t so picky

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

Experts Think the Hagia Sophia Is in Danger. They've Got a Plan to Protect It From Earthquakes

Turkey is located near two fault lines, leaving the 1,500-year-old structure vulnerable to damage. Architects and engineers will be investigating how to best preserve it

Smithsonian Magazine

30.05.2025

A 164-Foot Tsunami Pushed This Enormous Boulder Atop a Cliff in Tonga 7,000 Years Ago

The hulking rock, called Maka Lahi, is the size of a two-story house and sits on a 120-foot-tall cliff, covered in vegetation

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

Bedbugs Could Have Been the First Urban Pest to Plague Human Cities, New Study Suggests

Scientists examined the genomes of two bedbug lineages to trace how their population sizes have changed over time

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

How Did Vikings View Pregnant Women? New Research Reveals That They Were Sometimes Depicted With Weapons

Researchers studied Old Norse literature and archaeological evidence to shed new light on women's experiences of pregnancy during the Viking Age

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

Climbers Summit Mount Everest in Five Days Using Controversial Xenon Gas

The four British former special forces soldiers left the United Kingdom on May 16. By 7:10 a.m. on May 21, they were standing at the top of the 29,032-foot-tall peak

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Tools Made From Whale Bones, Crafted in Western Europe 20,000 Years Ago

Stone Age humans scavenged the skeletons of several whale species along the Bay of Biscay in what is now southwestern France and northern Spain, according to a new study

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

New Exhibition Features Contemporary Portraits Honoring Forgotten Black Abolitionists

Cambridge University's Fitzwilliam Museum is spotlighting the men and women who fought to end slavery but received little attention from artists during their lifetimes

Smithsonian Magazine

29.05.2025

Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat Found Underneath World Trade Center Wreckage Finds a Permanent Home in Upstate New York

Researchers are reassembling the ship, which was likely built in the 1770s near Philadelphia

Smithsonian Magazine

28.05.2025

Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Tombs Belonging to Three Senior Statesmen Who Helped Keep the New Kingdom Running

The burials were found at Dra Abu el-Naga, a necropolis for nobles and officials on the West Bank of the Nile River

Smithsonian Magazine

28.05.2025

Penguin Poop Helps Drive Cloud Formation Over Antarctica, According to a New Study

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which scientists say may be significant to regulating the climate

Smithsonian Magazine

28.05.2025

See a Lost U.S. Navy Submarine, Sunk During a World War I Test Run, in Digital Detail

Researchers descended to the wreck in underwater vehicles to collect data for 3-D models

Smithsonian Magazine

28.05.2025

New Contact Lenses Give Users Super-Vision to See Infrared Light—Even With Their Eyes Closed

Researchers have developed experimental contact lenses that use nanoparticles to convert the invisible wavelengths of near-infrared light into visible colors

Smithsonian Magazine

28.05.2025

California's Hummingbirds Have Changed Their Beaks in Response to Backyard Feeders, Study Finds

With plenty of artificial nectar available, Anna’s hummingbirds have expanded their range northward and their beaks have tended to become longer and larger

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

Where Was Soccer Invented? A New Archaeological Discovery Suggests Scotland, Not England, Was the Sport’s Birthplace

Archaeologists say they've found the ruins of a soccer field in southwest Scotland that date to the 17th century

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

Our Teeth May Descend From Sensitive Bumps on Prehistoric Fish Armor, New Research Finds

Hundreds of millions of years ago, fish had sensory features on their exoskeletons that contained dentine, the material that makes our teeth sensitive today

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

A Young Cooper's Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds

Researcher Vladimir Dinets watched the bird repeatedly sneak behind a row of cars to ambush its unsuspecting prey

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

Barbie's Feet Have Become Less Arched Over Time, According to a New Study by Podiatrists

By the 2020s, only 40 percent of Barbie dolls were designed with permanently arched feet for wearing high heels

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

Scientists Use DNA to Trace Early Humans' Footsteps From Asia to South America

Over thousands of years, humans from Eurasia trekked more than 12,400 miles to eventually reach the southernmost tip of South America, a new genetic investigation suggests

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

This Deposit of 'Weird' Cretaceous Amber Could Reveal Hints to Long-Forgotten Tsunamis in Japan

A new study highlights the potential of amber fossils to capture evidence of powerful, prehistoric ocean waves

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds

The Haenyeo, a group of skilled divers on Jeju Island, plunge beneath the ocean’s surface without any breathing equipment, thanks to a combination of their training and genetics

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24.05.2025

The Smithsonian Transfers Rare 2,300-Year-Old Silk Manuscripts to China

The Zidanku Silk Manuscripts were smuggled into the United States in the 1940s. Scholars say they provide remarkable insights into ancient Chinese philosophy and religion

Smithsonian Magazine

24.05.2025

He Went Out to Catch Fish in Lake Michigan—and Discovered a 102-Year-Old Shipwreck Instead

Angler Christopher Thuss stumbled upon the scuttled tugboat "J.C. Ames," which was located just nine feet below the surface off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Smithsonian Magazine

23.05.2025

A New, Shape-Shifting 'Flapjack' Octopus Has Been Discovered in the Deep Sea Off the Coast of Australia

The tiny Carnarvon flapjack octopus is the latest of ten species described by Australian scientists after a 2022 research trip

Smithsonian Magazine

23.05.2025

Archaeologists Unearth Two Rare African Figurines in 1,500-Year-Old Christian Burials in Israel

The artifacts were buried in the graves of a young woman and child, who may have converted to Christianity in Africa before traveling to the region, researchers say

Smithsonian Magazine

23.05.2025

Clownfish Shrink Down Their Bodies to Survive Ocean Heat Waves, New Study Suggests

The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank improved their survival odds

Smithsonian Magazine

23.05.2025

See the First Photos and Videos of the Rare Subalpine Woolly Rat, a Massive but Elusive Rodent in New Guinea's Mountains

Working with local Indigenous people, biologist František Vejmělka spent six months surveying the creatures that live on Mount Wilhelm in Papua New Guinea

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Last Surviving Grandson of President John Tyler, Who Took Office in 1841, Dies at 96

NASA Wants Your Help to Study These Rare, High-Altitude Clouds That Appear to Glow at Sunrise and Sunset

This 300-Pound Bust Was Stolen From Jim Morrison's Grave in 1988. French Police Just Recovered It

Banksy Unveils New Lighthouse Mural With the Words 'I Want to Be What You Saw in Me' in France

The Chrysler Building Has Towered Above New York City for Nearly a Century. Now, the Art Deco Skyscraper Is for Sale

This 14-Year-Old Built an App That Detects Heart Diseases in Seconds

A Fungal Disease Ravaged North American Bats. Now, Researchers Found a Second Species That Suggests It Could Happen Again

This 55-Year-Old Sherpa Guide Just Summited Mount Everest for the 31st Time, Breaking His Own Record

Scientists Investigate 2.2-Million-Year-Old Tooth Enamel to Unravel the Mysteries of Ancient Human Relatives

Giant Sloths the Size of Elephants Once Walked Along the Ground. Here's How the Massive Animals Evolved and Declined

This Bewildering Byzantine Bucket Stumped Archaeologists for Decades. Now, They've Finally Discovered Its Purpose

Astronomers Discover a Possible Dwarf Planet Far Beyond Neptune, Where There Should Have Only Been Empty Space

You Can Now Visit the Small House Where Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë Were Born

The Fearsome Megalodon Ate Basically Whatever It Wanted to Reach Its Daily 100,000-Calorie Need, Study Suggests

Experts Think the Hagia Sophia Is in Danger. They've Got a Plan to Protect It From Earthquakes

A 164-Foot Tsunami Pushed This Enormous Boulder Atop a Cliff in Tonga 7,000 Years Ago

Bedbugs Could Have Been the First Urban Pest to Plague Human Cities, New Study Suggests

How Did Vikings View Pregnant Women? New Research Reveals That They Were Sometimes Depicted With Weapons

Climbers Summit Mount Everest in Five Days Using Controversial Xenon Gas

Scientists Discover the Oldest Known Tools Made From Whale Bones, Crafted in Western Europe 20,000 Years Ago

New Exhibition Features Contemporary Portraits Honoring Forgotten Black Abolitionists

Revolutionary War-Era Gunboat Found Underneath World Trade Center Wreckage Finds a Permanent Home in Upstate New York

Egyptian Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Tombs Belonging to Three Senior Statesmen Who Helped Keep the New Kingdom Running

Penguin Poop Helps Drive Cloud Formation Over Antarctica, According to a New Study

See a Lost U.S. Navy Submarine, Sunk During a World War I Test Run, in Digital Detail

New Contact Lenses Give Users Super-Vision to See Infrared Light—Even With Their Eyes Closed

California's Hummingbirds Have Changed Their Beaks in Response to Backyard Feeders, Study Finds

Where Was Soccer Invented? A New Archaeological Discovery Suggests Scotland, Not England, Was the Sport’s Birthplace

Our Teeth May Descend From Sensitive Bumps on Prehistoric Fish Armor, New Research Finds

A Young Cooper's Hawk Learned to Use a Crosswalk Signal to Launch Surprise Attacks on Other Birds

Barbie's Feet Have Become Less Arched Over Time, According to a New Study by Podiatrists

Scientists Use DNA to Trace Early Humans' Footsteps From Asia to South America

This Deposit of 'Weird' Cretaceous Amber Could Reveal Hints to Long-Forgotten Tsunamis in Japan

South Korea's Female Free Divers May Have Evolved to Thrive Underwater, Study Finds

The Smithsonian Transfers Rare 2,300-Year-Old Silk Manuscripts to China

He Went Out to Catch Fish in Lake Michigan—and Discovered a 102-Year-Old Shipwreck Instead

A New, Shape-Shifting 'Flapjack' Octopus Has Been Discovered in the Deep Sea Off the Coast of Australia

Archaeologists Unearth Two Rare African Figurines in 1,500-Year-Old Christian Burials in Israel

Clownfish Shrink Down Their Bodies to Survive Ocean Heat Waves, New Study Suggests

See the First Photos and Videos of the Rare Subalpine Woolly Rat, a Massive but Elusive Rodent in New Guinea's Mountains

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