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Give Peace a Listen with Smithsonian Folkways Magazine
The new issue covers peace songs and spoken word from around the world
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Soap And Clean Water Make Kids Taller
By staving off childhood illnesses, basic sanitation makes children grow taller
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How Friedrich Engels’ Radical Lover Helped Him Father Socialism
Mary Burns exposed the capitalist’s son to the plight of the working people of Manchester
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What Queen Elizabeth II Would Have Said If Nuclear War Started in the 1980s
Undelivered speeches give a glimpse into alternate realities that never came to pass
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Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Maria Mitchell, America’s First Female Professional Astronomer
Today would have been Maria Mitchell’s 195th birthday, and if she were still around she’d probably celebrate it by looking at the stars
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People Had To Be Convinced of the Usefulness of Electricity
When electricity came around, it wasn’t immediately seen as a necessity
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What Caused the Death of American Brewing?
American breweries are back on the rise, after a near century long decline almost spelled their doom
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Now We Know Just How Herpes Infects Human Cells
Figuring out a way to stop the viral explosion could take out not only herpes, but a whole host of other ailments
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The Skyscraper of the Future May Be Built Like Legos
The world’s cities are in the midst of a skyscraper boom. And one growing trend is to connect pre-fab floors like Lego pieces
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The Science of Champagne, the Bubbling Wine Created By Accident
There’s a lot more than meets the eye when it comes to the spirit’s trademark fizziness
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This Artist Wants to Print Out the Internet
In honor of internet activist Aaron Swartz, this artist is trying to print out the entire internet
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Finger-pickin’ Good: American Banjo Classics
Co-producer and banjo extraordinaire Greg C. Adams talks about Classic Banjo, a collection of American tunes that show off modern banjo’s diverse roots
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VIDEO: Mantis Shrimp vs. Octopus
Watch as the popular crustacean gets snared by its predator’s tentacles. Will it survive?
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Forest Corridors Help Link Tiger Populations in India
Some tigers trek the human-filled landscape between nature preserves to find mates, but such opportunities to ensure genetic diversity are getting rarer
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Could Over-Snacking While Pregnant Predispose Children to Be Obese?
Women who constantly binge on junk food while pregnant might pass their penchant for sweet and fatty food on to their children, a new study suggests
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Would You Like Arches With That? When Famous Architects Design McDonalds
Franchises of the fast food behemoth become roadside art
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Find a Dinosaur In Your Backyard? It’s All Yours
If you find a dinosaur fossil on private land, it’s yours to do with as you please
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Men Wore Corsets and 7 Other Unknown Things About the World of Jane Austen
Exploring the life and times of the beloved English novelist
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Your Guide to Tasting the Many Species of Pacific Salmon
From dogs to humpies to kings, the author tastes and discusses the five main species of Pacific salmon
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Celebrate 262 Years of Bog Bodies on International Bog Day
Thanks to their cool, oxygen-poor conditions, bogs are a hostile environment for microbes—and a great environment for inadvertently embalming bodies
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