Brian Wolly

Brian Wolly

 

Brian Wolly is the digital editor of Smithsonian.com

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Wednesday News Roundup — Cool Gadgets, Sperm Whales, Giant Spiders and more

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Tommy Lasorda Visits DC; Washington Nationals Cower in Fear

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Old Bay Spices Up My Life

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Beware of Red Sox Bearing Gifts

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Blog Carnival #8: Stegosaurus, Polish Dinosaurs, Velociraptor Clappers

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This Week in Food: Twitter, Trader Joe's Wine, and the Secret Behind Sriracha

In the 1940s, the Soviet Union launched an all-out espionage effort to uncover military and defense secrets from the US and Britain (Klaus Fuchs, left, and David Greenglass, right).

Spies Who Spilled Atomic Bomb Secrets

As part of the Soviet Union's spy ring, these Americans and Britons leveraged their access to military secrets to help Russia become a nuclear power

Photovoltaic panels are ideally suited to remote locations, as in this island community in Denmark, where the infrastructure required to connect to a centralized power grid is prohibitively expensive or too destructive to the natural landscape.

Energy Saving Lessons From Around the World

The curator of an exhibit at the National Building Museum highlights case studies of community involvement in energy conservation

Dustin Hoffman, in the famous scene from The Graduate, during his first liaison with Mrs. Robinson. The movie was rejected by every major Hollywood studio.

Five Films that Redefined Hollywood

Author Mark Harris discusses his book about the five movies nominated for Best Picture at the 1967 Academy Awards

Inauguration of President Kennedy on the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol.

Inaugural Firsts

When was the first inaugural parade? Who had the longest inaugural address? A look at presidential inaugurations through time

John Hodgman, the author of "More Information Than You Require," is a preeminent authority on fake trivia.

John Hodgman Gives “More Information Than You Require”

John Hodgman, best recognized as the "PC" in the Apple advertising campaign, discusses how humans distinguish fact from falsehood

View of the National Mall

A Brief History of Pierre L’Enfant and Washington, D.C.

How one Frenchman’s vision became our capital city

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