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The minute-or-so videos offer philosophy, empathy or simply updates on what artists (above: Ragnar Kjartansson and Christine Sun Kim) are up to while quarantined.

Education During Coronavirus

These Video Diaries Document Quarantine Stories From Artists All Around the World

Hirshhorn Museum releases weekly peeks inside the studios of prominent artists, to create a living archive of the global pandemic

Herrerasaurus skeleton replica at a special exhibition of the Naturmuseum Senckenberg

The Rise of Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Is More Complicated Than We Thought

Paleontologists are searching for how carnivorous dinosaurs went from pipsqueaks to titans

Children would line up in front of the "Temple of Vaccinia" to be vaccinated against smallpox.

COVID-19 May Permanently Shutter Museum Devoted to Vaccination Pioneer

In an ironic twist, Edward Jenner’s historic house is struggling to outlast the financial toll of being closed

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Word Puzzles

Play the Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Crossword: Midwest-based slider supplier: 11 letters

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The Tenement Museum depicts the life of early immigrants in tenement housing at the turn of century in New York City.

Education During Coronavirus

Nine Educational Livestreams Coming From Historical Sites in the United States

Learn about life in the days when diphtheria and smallpox, not COVID-19, were the diseases to fear, and more

Proud to be Y'orchid. Happy Mother's Day. Mary Vaux Walcott, "Small Purple Fringe Orchid Habenaria psychodes, 1932

Smithsonian Voices

How to Make Your Own Mother's Day Card from the SAAM Collections

Browse the collections for artworks with a CC0 license as part of the Smithsonian's Open Access Initiative,

Patricia Stone (Akimel O'odham) and Leonard Stone (Akimel O'odham) with their new baby, 1965. Gila River Indian Community, Arizona.

Smithsonian Voices

How Do American Indians Celebrate Mother's Day?

In the early 20th century, Native people responded to the proclamation of Mother’s Day with powwows, ceremonies, rodeos, feasts, and songs

Evoca1 for PUBLIC Silo Trail, Pingrup (2018)

Virtual Travel

See How Artists Have Turned Farm Silos Into Stunning Giant Murals

The projects are helping Australia's drought-stricken rural towns find new life as outdoor art galleries

Celebrate Mother's Day With These Artworks From the Smithsonian Collections

These paintings, sculptures and illustrations honor the bonds of motherhood

New York workers, angered by the Mayor's apparent anti-Vietnam-War sympathies, wave American flags as they march in a demonstration near City Hall in New York City on May 15, 1970.

The 'Hard Hat Riot' of 1970 Pitted Construction Workers Against Anti-War Protesters

The Kent State shootings further widened the chasm among a citizenry divided over the Vietnam War

Peale’s mastodon returns to the U.S. as part of this year's upcoming exhibition “Alexander von Humboldt and the United States: Art, Nature, and Culture” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Alexander von Humboldt

The Story of Charles Willson Peale’s Massive Mastodon

When a European intellectual snubbed the U.S., the well-known artist excavated the giant fossil as evidence of the new Republic’s strength and power

Word Puzzles

Play the Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Word Search: State Capitals

Find the capital cities, working from a list of state names

Artist’s impression of the triple system with the closest black hole.

Astronomers Discover the Closest Known Black Hole

The newfound 'invisible' object is only 1,000 light years from home

Studying the rich panoply of Dominican folklore to use in her work, poet Elizabeth Acevedo seeks to learn from the myths and legends and to ask deeper questions.

Elizabeth Acevedo Sees Fantastical Beasts Everywhere

The National Book Award winner's new book delves into matters of family grief and loss

This week's titles include Death By Shakespeare, Empires of the Sky and How to Feed a Dictator.

Books of the Month

Shakespearean Stabbings, How to Feed a Dictator and Other New Books to Read

The sixth installment in our weekly series spotlights titles that may have been lost in the news amid the COVID-19 crisis

Through the Manta Trust's adoption program, donors can choose to adopt any one of a number of frequently sighted manta rays in the Maldives.

Virtual Travel

Ten Animals and Plants Around the World That You Can (Virtually) Adopt

While COVID-19 stymies travel, help conserve those things—from cacti to manta rays—that will beckon you later

Micrograph of a well-differentiated papillary mesothelioma

How Evolution Helps Us Understand and Treat Cancer

A new book argues that controlling cancer is within reach if scientists are able to anticipate the evolution of resistance to traditional treatments

The Fox tunnel is one of only two underground facilities dedicated exclusively to the scientific study of permafrost where a visitor can actually walk around inside the frozen earth.

In a Tunnel Beneath Alaska, Scientists Race to Understand Disappearing Permafrost

What lies inside the icy cavern seems more and more like a captive, rare animal, an Earth form that might soon be lost

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Play the Smithsonian Magazine Weekly Crossword: Best Director winner at the 2020 Oscars: 10 letters

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Take this time to learn how to sew.

Education During Coronavirus

The Best Places for Your Kids to Learn Real-Life Skills Online

Why not use quarantine as an opportunity to have your homeschoolers master woodworking or engine repair?

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