With Smart Planning, Coffee and Bees Can Survive Climate Change
In a new study, a Smithsonian scientist says coffee-growers have options
New Startup WildKale Lets Farmers Sell Directly to Customers Through an App
Yes, it’s like “Uber for farmer’s markets.”
The Jane Austen £10 Note Extends the “Ladylike” History of British Money
The beloved novelist is the latest icon in the Bank of England’s long—and fraught—tradition of gendering finance
When Disaster Strikes, the Zoo Must Go On
Zoo nutritionists have the Herculean task of feeding thousands of charges, come hurricane, tornado or terrorist attack
Baby Tiger Travels by Southwest Jet, in Search of a Better Life in San Diego
Incompatible with his birthmother, a National Zoo cub seeks friendship in San Diego
Did Edvard Munch Find a Supernatural Power in Color?
A new exhibition at the National Gallery of Art places Munch’s palette in context
This Replica of a Tlingit Killer Whale Hat Is Spurring Dialogue About Digitization
Collaboration between museums and indigenous groups provides educational opportunities, archival documentation—and ethical dilemmas
This Honey Badger Endures Bee Stings for His Favorite Treat
Grit the honey badger is on a mission to taste honey for the first time. To do so, he must break into a hive and withstand the fury of a bee horde
12 of the Best Food Festivals Happening This Fall
Where to eat, drink and play across the U.S. this autumn
From Egyptian Cats to Crime Scenes, Here’s a Preview of the Smithsonian’s Upcoming Shows
Gallery-goers in D.C. and NYC are in for a mental workout with shows that deliver on everything from the experimental to the traditional
The Professor With a Genius For Global Health
Rebecca Richards-Kortum and her students at Rice University are designing low-cost devices that can help mothers and babies in a big way
The World is Running Out of Sand
The little-known exploitation of this seemingly infinite resource could wreak political and environmental havoc
How NYC Women Stayed Safe from the Son of Sam Killer
In 1977, one reporter took to the streets to ask them about the steps they’d taken to protect themselves
The Deadly 1991 Hamlet Fire Exposed the High Cost of “Cheap”
A new book argues that more than emergency unpreparedness and locked doors led to the deaths of 25 workers in the chicken factory blaze
Are Craft Breweries the Next Coffeehouses?
Taprooms springing up across the country are cultivating communities and helping to revitalize entire neighborhoods
The World’s Parasites Are Going Extinct. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Thing
Up to one-third of parasite species could vanish over the next few decades, disrupting ecosystems and even human health
The Titan Who Founded L’Oréal Prospered Under the Nazis
How the head of the world’s top cosmetic firm fell in with the Nazi-sympathizers of German-occupied France and emerged from the war as successful as ever
An Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Funeral Fit for a King
For the first time in more than 70 years, Thailand is saying farewell to its monarch
How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire
Culture critic Beth Daniels argues the cartoon moose even allowed viewers to reckon with nuclear war
The Wild West of Knott’s Berry Farm Is More Fantasy Than Reality
A critic of government welfare, the theme park’s Walter Knott built the first “Old West” town as a shrine to rugged individualism
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