Game Wardens Helped Poachers Kill the Last of Mozambique’s Rhinos

Mozambique's rhinos have been living on the edge of extinction for more than a century, but now they're finally gone for good
May 02, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

For Perusing Pleasure, Zandra Rhodes’ New Online Fashion Archive

The honored Brit—50 years in the business—goes for the bold in her designer collections
May 02, 2013 | By Emily Spivack

This Camera Looks at the World Through an Insect’s Eyes

With 180 individual lenses, this new camera mimics an insect's compound eye
May 02, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Want to See How an Artist Creates a Painting? There’s an App for That

The Repentir app reveals an artist's creative process by allowing users to peel back layers of paint with the touch of their fingertips
May 02, 2013 | By Marina Koren

Events May 3-5: American Civil Rights, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and Interactive Robot Games

This weekend, tour America's shift towards equality, meet local Asian Pacific American writers and celebrate Children's Day
May 02, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

8 Famous People Who Missed the Lusitania

For one reason or another, these lucky souls never boarded the doomed ship whose sinking launched America's involvement in WWI
May 02, 2013 | By Greg Daugherty

IBM Engineers Pushed Individual Atoms Around to Make This Amazing Stop-Motion Movie

IBM was the first to draw with atoms, and now they're making them dance
May 01, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

It’s Crazy to Move a Hundred-Year-Old Tree, But This One Is Thriving

There's controversy surrounding the oak's new home, but park or no park, the Ghirardi Oak is staying, and the transport seems to have been a success
May 01, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Our Battle Against Extinction, 100 Recipes and More Recent Books Reviewed

Growing up as a poor Astor and the roots of psychiatry
May 2013 | By Chloë Schama

PHOTOS: The Mind-Blowing, Floating, Unmanned Scientific Laboratory

Wave Gliders are about to make scientific exploration a lot cheaper and safer
May 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

The History of the Short-Lived Independent Republic of Florida

For a brief period in 1810, Florida was truly a country of its own
May 2013 | By William C. Davis

The Real Deal With the Hirshhorn Bubble

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum looks to expand in a bold new way
May 2013 | By Joseph Giovannini

Never Underestimate the Power of a Paint Tube

Without this simple invention, impressionists such as Claude Monet wouldn’t have been able to create their works of genius
May 2013 | By Perry Hurt

How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers

With programmable robots and student competitions, Lego is making “tinkering with machines cool again”
May 2013 | By Franz Lidz

The Revolutionary Effect of the Paperback Book

This simple innovation transformed the reading habits of an entire nation
May 2013 | By Clive Thompson

How Do You Make a Painting Out of Sounds?

Jennie C. Jones has the answer. Her first solo museum show opens at the Hirshhorn in May
May 2013 | By Jamie Katz

Spotlight

The latest Smithsonian exhibitions showcase Civil War photography, Buddhist figures and Time magazine cover portraits
May 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Contributors

May 2013 | By Smithsonian magazine

Egypt’s Murals Are More Than Just Art, They Are a Form of Revolution

Cairo’s artists have turned their city’s walls into a vast social network
May 2013 | By Waleed Rashed


Before There Was Photoshop, These Photographers Knew How to Manipulate an Image

Jerry Uelsmann and other artists manually blended negatives to produce dreamlike sequences
May 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

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