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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.
February 12, 2026 | 28 minutes
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Found in a 16th-century copy of an ancient astronomy treatise, the annotations suggest that the trailblazing scientist studied Earth-centric models before lending his support to heliocentrism
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For more than a century, paleontologists have been piecing together how the mysterious predator Andrewsarchus is related to other mammals, like the extinct “hell pigs” and “wolves with hooves”
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Joseph Weizenbaum realized that programs like his Eliza chatbot could “induce powerful delusional thinking in quite normal people”
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New institutions dedicated to digital art, exploration, hip-hop, conservation and more are expected to welcome visitors this year
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The phenomenon—with its video games, trading cards, shows, movies and merchandise—has generated billions in revenue
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The product, launched in 1963, became a staple in American households
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