U.S. Will Rename 660 Mountains, Rivers and More to Remove Racist Word

by TheRealPanzer to /s/USnews from smithsonianmag.com

When Rising Food Prices Changed History: The French Revolution

by IkeConn to /s/LetsGoBrandon from smithsonianmag.com

Outdoor Cats Are Using $500 Starlink Satellite Dishes as Self-Heating Beds

by AmericanMuskrat to /s/cats from smithsonianmag.com

Climate Change May Cause Increased Rates of Heart Defects in Babies - Sure

by cottoneyejoe to /s/NotTheOnion from smithsonianmag.com

The American Bumblebee Has Vanished From Eight States: The species has completely vanished from eight states, including Maine, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Idaho, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Oregon

by Orangutan to /s/environment from smithsonianmag.com

The Long Shadow of the 1976 Swine Flu Vaccine 'Fiasco'. “Some of the American public’s hesitance to embrace vaccines — the flu vaccine in particular — can be attributed to the long-lasting effects of a failed 1976 campaign to mass-vaccinate the public against a strain of the swine flu virus."

by Chipit to /s/news from smithsonianmag.com

The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It Absorbs. Climate change and deforestation have transformed the ecosystem into a net source of planet-warming gases instead of a carbon sink

by BillionDollarEgg3 to /s/WhoOwnsTheWorld from smithsonianmag.com

Humans Wiped Out Two-Thirds of the World’s Wildlife in 50 Years .

by Pis-dur to /s/WorldNews from smithsonianmag.com

The Accidental History of the @ Symbol

by [deleted] to /s/Computers from smithsonianmag.com

Peer Into the Past With Photorealistic Portraits of Roman Emperors

by [deleted] to /s/videos from smithsonianmag.com

The Science Behind Honey’s Eternal Shelf Life

by [deleted] to /s/science from smithsonianmag.com

Discovery in Mexican Cave May Drastically Change the Known Timeline of Humans' Arrival to the Americas

by dippydap to /s/Archeology from smithsonianmag.com

New Research Suggests Humans Invented String at Least 120,000 Years Ago

by dippydap to /s/Archeology from smithsonianmag.com

Native Americans and Polynesians Met Around 1200 A.D.

by dippydap to /s/Archeology from smithsonianmag.com

TIL that all Native American dog breeds were wiped out by Eurasian dogs after the arrival of European settlers. Despite thriving on the continent for thousands of years, no pre-contact breeds survive today.

by aThievingStableboy to /s/TIL from smithsonianmag.com

A Submerged 7,000-Year-Old Discovery Shows the Great Potential of Underwater Archaeology

by dippydap to /s/Archeology from smithsonianmag.com

Drought Reveals Traces of Ancient Roman Structures in Wales

by dippydap to /s/Archeology from smithsonianmag.com

The Best Board Games of the Ancient World

by Vigte to /s/history from smithsonianmag.com

Remarkable New Evidence for Human Activity in North America 130,000 Years Ago

by Tom_Bombadil to /s/AncientHistory from smithsonianmag.com

The Unexpected History of the Air Conditioner

by Stankmango to /s/offbeat from smithsonianmag.com

Ancient DNA Reveals Complex Story of Human Migration Between Siberia and North America

by Stankmango to /s/AncientHistory from smithsonianmag.com

Alaska's warmest spring ever. The roads are melting.

by wendolynne to /s/environment from smithsonianmag.com

Superbloom Turns Southern California City Into a #Poppynightmare

by cmdrrockawesome to /s/California from smithsonianmag.com

This Map Shows Where in the World the U.S. Military Is Combatting Terrorism

by useless_aether to /s/WarWatch from smithsonianmag.com

People Lived in This Cave for 78,000 Years

by Vigte to /s/YoungerDryas from smithsonianmag.com

The Archaeology of Wealth Inequality

by Vigte to /s/YoungerDryas from smithsonianmag.com

Why This Composer Made Melodies Out of Mountainsides

by Vigte to /s/music from smithsonianmag.com

This Week Has Offered a Slew of Insights on the Western Hemisphere’s First Humans

by Vigte to /s/YoungerDryas from smithsonianmag.com

People Braved Australia's Western Desert Roughly 45,000 Years Ago

by Vigte to /s/history from smithsonianmag.com

Growing Up Surrounded by Books Could Have Powerful, Lasting Effect on the Mind

by Vigte to /s/Health from smithsonianmag.com

Busy Bees Take a Break During Total Solar Eclipses

by Mnemonic to /s/environment from smithsonianmag.com

The Screenwriting Mystic Who Wanted to Be the American Führer

by Mnemonic to /s/history from smithsonianmag.com

Inside Slab City, a Squatters’ Paradise in Southern California

by voter to /s/news from smithsonianmag.com

China's Tiangong-1 Space Station Finally Crashes Back to Earth Over Pacific Ocean

by magnora7 to /s/technology from smithsonianmag.com