β‘ Current Dispatches from Smithsonian (10)
- Where Did Stonehenge's Mysterious, Six-Ton Altar Stone Really Come From? Geologists Rule Out the Scottish Hypothesis as the Search Deepens
- This Wooden Wardrobe in Pompeii Remained Sealed for Nearly 2,000 Years. Archaeologists Just Opened It for the First Time
- For Centuries, Cave Visitors Walked Right by 280 Ice Age Engravings. The Newly Discovered Rock Art Is Rewriting Catalonia's Prehistory
- CARE Packages Provided a Lifeline for World War II Survivors. Hereβs How the Group Turned Leftover Army Rations Into an 80-Year Legacy
- Strange Gas in Mars' Atmosphere Hints the Red Planet Is Still Volcanically Active - and Points to Places to Search for Alien Life
- These Moths Use Their Genitals to Fend Off Bats - but Not in the Way You Think. They Emit Ultrasound to Scramble the Predators' Sonar
- The Arctic Polar Vortex Is Collapsing Earlier in the Season Than Ever Documented - but We Don't Know How It'll Affect Global Weather
- Michelangelo Used These Custom, Multi-Headed Brushes While Painting 'The Last Judgment' to Replicate His Intricate Sculpting Techniques
- The Real Story Behind the 504 Sit-In for Disability Rights, the Longest Peaceful Occupation of a Federal Building in American History
- Fossil Footprints in Brazil Hint at a Cougar-Size Mammal That Walked Among Dinosaurs. It's Another Sign That Some Early Beasts Grew to Impressive Sizes After All
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Friday, November 6, 2026
- • The Real Story Behind the 504 Sit-In for Disability Rights, the Longest Peaceful Occupation of a Federal Building in American History
- • Fossil Footprints in Brazil Hint at a Cougar-Size Mammal That Walked Among Dinosaurs. It's Another Sign That Some Early Beasts Grew to Impressive Sizes After All
- • Hear, Hear to Long Ears: These 15 Furry Photos of Adorable Rabbits and Hares Will Have You Leaping for Leporidae
- • The Arctic Polar Vortex Is Collapsing Earlier in the Season Than Ever Documented - but We Don't Know How It'll Affect Global Weather
Thursday, November 5, 2026
- • America's Newest UNESCO World Heritage Site Is a Swamp - and That's Exactly Why You Should Go
- • This Ancient 'Hell Chicken' Might Be the First Known Fruit-Loving Dinosaur, Revealing a Whole New Cretaceous Lifestyle
- • Archaeologists Found a 3,300-Year-Old Sword at the Bottom of a Volcanic Lake in Italy - and It's Still Sharp
- • This Bull and Male Donkey Have a Surprisingly Sexual Relationship, Providing Insights Into Interspecies and Same-Sex Bonds
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
- • Forensic Analysis of Frozen Inca Mummies Reveals That Sacrificed Children Were Plied With Coca Leaves, Corn Beer and Ayahuasca Compounds Before Death
- • The Four-Color Theorem Has Haunted Mathematicians for Decades. It Just Got a Rare New Proof, but Some Still Long for a Simpler Solution
- • Scientists Say They've Found Preserved Dinosaur Blood in a 115-Million-Year-Old Fossil, but Not Everyone Is Convinced
- • New York Had Its First Measles Death in 30 Years. Here's What to Know
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
- • Greece Has Its Own Pompeii, and the Ruins Tell a Captivating Story of a Sophisticated, Seafaring Bronze Age Society
- • From Hunting Hounds to Modernist Muses, Dachshunds Have Done It All. See the World's First Art Exhibition Dedicated Exclusively to the Sausage Dog
- • After Observing the Sky for 22 Years, a Beloved NASA Space Telescope Is Expected to Meet a Fiery Death This Week
- • Native Hawaiians Descend From a Group of 'Ultravoyagers' Who Sailed About 4,400 Miles From Easter Island, Genetic Study Suggests
Monday, November 2, 2026
- • Tired of the Winter Blues? The Unique Festival of Lights Zagreb Marks the Much-Anticipated Arrival of Spring
- • Melting Ice in the Italian Dolomites Exposes Hundreds of World War I Munitions, Vestiges of the Vertiginous 'White War'
- • After Sitting in a London Museum Since 1924, This Dinosaur Fossil Was Named a New Predatory Species - an 'Unconquered Female Warrior'
- • How an Irish Backroad Tradition Is Rolling Into Small-Town America
Friday, October 30, 2026
- • Mexico's Bread of the Dead Kneads Together Indigenous and Catholic Traditions
- • The Bloody Palette of the Animal Kingdom Goes Far Beyond Red. These Creatures Have Blood That Runs a Chilling Blue, Bright Green or Milky White
- • Crows Can Make Decisions Based on Visual Information at Lightning Speed - Roughly Twice as Fast as Humans Can, Study Suggests
- • Where Is England's Oldest Pub? An Archaeologist Drilled Into 600-Year-Old Timbers to Answer the Contentious Question