/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120613023028Brave_thumb.jpg)
Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry
From the silent days to the present, women have been a solid—if often unrecognized—force in animation
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120613021011apatosaurus-thumb1.jpg)
Apatosaurus Was a Deceptive Dinosaur
Apatosaurus means “deceptive lizard,” and a short cartoon offers a new interpretation of that name
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ValentinoandJadaan-fixed.jpg)
The “Latin Lover” and His Enemies
Rudolph Valentino fought a long battle against innuendo about his masculinity right up until he died. But now he seems to have won
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Dixi-cup-hero.jpg)
The Unnatural History of the Dixie Cup
The product was a life-saving technology that avoided the transmission of disease from communal “tin dippers”
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120613104032Zaca3-small.jpg)
Climate Change Means More Wildfires in the West
A new study indicates that temperate regions will experience more fires, while equatorial areas will see fewer
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120613093017picresized_1339523824_Leakeys.jpg)
Louis Leakey: The Father of Hominid Hunting
Louis Leakey popularized the study of human evolution and sparked the search for human ancestors in Africa
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120621032031astoria-hotel-st-petersburg-exterior-sm.jpg)
A Toast to the Astoria Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia
A Russian icon in the Art Nouveau style on St. Isaac‘s Square near the Neva River, the Astoria evokes a Belle Époque world gone by
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Star-Spangled-Banner-document-631.jpg)
Anthem For America Music Guide
Document Deep Dive: The Musical History of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Was the national anthem really set to the melody of a drinking tune? Take a closer look at the original manuscript of Francis Scott Key’s song
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120612040010catstoystmb1.jpg)
Newborn Fishing Cats at the National Zoo May Help Crack Breeding Code
Seven-year-old Electra delivered kittens marking the first time the endangered fishing cats have successfully bred and produced young at the National Zoo
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120612023037Ice_2_Ice.jpg)
Ultra Antifreeze Prevents Ice From Even Forming
A new nano-technology can be applied to metals and causes ice and frost to slide off before they have a chance to stick
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120612021014Leale-cuff-web.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/starport_patent-hero.jpg)
What ever happened to the Starport, the brainchild of Jim Starry that re-imagined the airport?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/201206120140351987-march-11-pacific-stars-and-stripe-470x251.jpg)
The Rise and Fall of Ken-chan, the $43,000 Robot Waiter
The spaghetti-slinging robot drew crowds at Grazie’s Italian Restaurant in Tokyo
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120612110029BearsBrownBearSMALL.jpg)
Can Brown Bears Survive in the Pyrenees?
The keepers of sheep and cows helped eliminate the Pyrenean brown bear, and shepherds are not thrilled to see France’s largest predator return
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120612090014allosaurus-thumb.jpg)
The Dinosaurs They are a-Changin’
Paleontologists are describing new dinosaurs at an unprecedented pace, but there’s much we still don’t know about the biology of these animals
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/MilkyWay-crash-hero.jpg)
When Galaxies Collide: The Fate of the Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope shows that we’re on a collision course with the nearby Andromeda galaxy—and set to crash in about 4 billion years
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120611020038prosperos-island-south-pacific.jpg)
Prospero’s Island in the South Pacific
Was it Bermuda—or the dreamy French Polynesian island of Huahine—that inspired the setting for Shakespeare’s The Tempest?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120611105006patent-officethumb.jpg)
This week, take a tour of the Old Patent Office Building, learn about renewable energy sources, and paint with Mayan artist Ubaldo Sánchez
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120611104014AC0145-0000056t.jpg)
Edible Dictionary: Lean Cuisine Syndrome
Where do Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s statistics come from? People underestimate junk food and overestimate healthy food in dietary surveys
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120611100019picresized_1339371398_337638145_1b2d446710_z.jpg)
Where and when did humans domesticate dogs, pigs, cows and other animals?
Page 820 of 1327