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Celebrate Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month By Reporting These Horrifying Species

April 1st marks the beginning of Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month, but how does somebody celebrate?
April 04, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Events April 5-7: Japanese Art, Poetry Month and African-American Architects

This week, experience Japanese design, celebrate poetry with your family and learn about African Americans' roles in shaping Washington, DC's architecture
April 04, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

One of Napoleon’s Generals Was More Interested in Gathering Beetles Than Fighting at Waterloo

When he died in 1845, Count Pierre François Marie Auguste Dejean owned the largest personal beetle collection in the world
April 04, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

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What Should Be Done With Yachak, the Cattle-Killing Bear of the Andes

Conservationists and ranchers in Ecuador struggle to make peace while an elusive spectacled bear feasts on valuable livestock
April 04, 2013 | By Alastair Bland

This Picture of Boston, Circa 1860, Is the World’s Oldest Surviving Aerial Photo

A sight from 2,000 feet, a view of 1860s Boston
April 03, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

How to Tour the World’s Greatest Science Labs

Around the globe, physics and astronomy labs—some on mountaintops, others underground—welcome visitors to tour the premises
April 03, 2013 | By Alastair Bland

When New York City Tamed the Feared Gunslinger Bat Masterson

The lawman had a reputation to protect—but that reputation shifted after he moved East
April 03, 2013 | By Gilbert King

This Board Game Is Designed For People to Play 2,700 Years Into the Future

That is assuming, of course, that humans manage to stick around in time for the big unveiling event
April 03, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

America May Be the World’s Top Exporter of Sperm

The United States may be the world's largest exporter of sperm
April 02, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Meditation May Make You Nicer

Around 50 percent of people who recently meditated gave up their seat for a person in crutches compared to just 15 percent of people who had not meditated
April 02, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

A Georgia Town Is Requiring Gun Ownership. So Did the Founding Fathers.

A Georgia town may have just mandated gun ownership, but early Americans had the same idea back in 1792
April 02, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

What Is the BRAIN Initiative, Anyway?

The Obama administration hopes to do for brains what the Human Genome Project did for genetics
April 02, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Now Poachers Are Sawing Off Elephant Tusks in Museums

A plague of rhino horn and elephant tusk thefts to feed the wildlife black market continues in museums across Europe
April 02, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Oil Pipeline Spills Heavy Crude in Arkansas

More than 12,000 barrels of oil spilled on Mayflower, Ark.
April 01, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Events April 2-4: Native Sousa Music, Free Art Lessons and Gerhard Richter

This week, learn about a little-known Native American musical tradition, make something creative and see a world-class painter in action
April 01, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Gettysburg, PA

Has Gettysburg Kicked Its Kitsch Factor?

Historian Tony Horwitz travels to the Civil War battlefield and finds that even where time is frozen, it’s undergone welcome changes
April 2013 | By Tony Horwitz

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April 2013 | By Smithsonian magazine

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The Joys and Dangers of Exploring Africa on the Back of an Elephant

Renowned travel writer Paul Theroux journeys through Botswana’s spectacular, wildlife-rich wetlands
April 2013 | By Paul Theroux

Contributors

Contributors

April 2013 | By Smithsonian magazine

Michael Caruso

From the Editor - Apr 13

April 2013 | By Michael Caruso


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