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Travel
Exploring Hemingway’s Pamplona
An offbeat journey to the legendary Spanish festival 100 years after the life-changing trip that inspired Ernest Hemingway to write “The Sun Also Rises”
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An Orangutan Sanctuary in Borneo Is Giving the Endangered Primates a Second Chance, Just When They Need It Most
The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island's human population is about to explode
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The Gun Linked to Emmett Till’s Murder Is Now on Display at a Museum in Mississippi
Researchers Create Rechargeable, Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents
America’s Largest-Ever Exhibition on Raphael Will Open at the Met Next Year
Astronomers Spot a Rare Quadruple Star System in the Milky Way, Shedding Light on Mysterious Brown Dwarfs
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Science
A Shared Fate
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive
Arts & Culture
Classic Rock
Artisans around the world are ditching the mortar and embracing an old method of building rock walls
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America’s 250th Anniversary
To mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding on July 4, 1776, Smithsonian magazine is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped the United States’ fight for independence from Great Britain
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Smithsonian Podcast: There’s More to That
Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet the magazine’s journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.
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History
The Return of Plundered Belongings Offers a Chance for Healing to a Grieving Lakota Community 170 Years After a Long-Forgotten Massacre
In the conclusion of a long-awaited turn of events, the Great Plains tribe has now reclaimed cherished items stolen from their ancestors by the U.S. Army
Science
Inside the Quest to Understand the Link Between Cannabis and Schizophrenia
Recent studies have examined the relationship between the drug and psychoses and looked at how the brain responds to the substance
Innovation
World’s First ‘Robot Olympics’ Featured Soccer, Kickboxing and Lots of Falling Down
Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing
Travel
A Sweeping Transformation Is Underway as the Grand Egyptian Museum Prepares to Officially Open and the Giza Plateau Braces for a Record-Breaking Influx of Visitors
The Egyptian government is making changes to enhance the visitor experience around the pyramids, but are these modifications threatening the livelihoods of local communities rooted in generations-old tourism practices?
Arts & Culture
Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden
A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song
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Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Many of Us Are Still Missing All That We Lost—and Grappling With One of the Country’s Worst Disasters
In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state remembers and reflects on Katrina