In Search of Queen Victoria’s Voice
The British monarch was present when a solicitor demonstrated one of the earliest audio recording devices. But did she really say “tomatoes”?
A Tribute to a Great Artist: Steve Jobs
Through mastering calligraphy in college, Jobs learned to think like an artist
The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work
Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events
Science on Screen: Explaining Why Zombies Want to Eat You and Other Mysteries of Life
A film series examines how movies make use of science
Space Travel in the 22nd Century
NASA and the Defense Department want scientists to start dreaming the next impossible dream: Exploring another solar system
Right outside of New York
Dinosaur Sighting: Let’s Swim!
The sign makes me smile every time. It was made when the massive sauropod dinosaurs were thought to spend most of their time in water
Stuck for a Halloween Costume Idea? Think Food
Paula Deen, Colonel Sanders, the Swedish Chef—the food world is rife with costume potential
The Mickey Hart Collection in Rhythm with the World
Former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart’s curates a 25-album series of world music for Smithsonian Folkways that drops next week
Civil War Veterans Come Alive in Audio and Video Recordings
Deep in the collections of the Library of Congress are ghostly images and voices of Union and Confederate soldiers
Alfred W. Crosby on the Columbian Exchange
The historian discusses the ecological impact of Columbus’ landing in 1492 on both the Old World and the New World
The Civil War 150 Years: The Washington Eight
After plotting to kill Lincoln and other Union leaders, a group of Confederate conspirators was put on trial
The Boston Globe of 1900 Imagines the Year 2000
A utopian vision of Boston promises no slums, no traffic jams, no late mail deliveries and, best of all, night baseball games
Anger and Anarchy on Wall Street
In the early 20th century, resentment at the concentration of wealth took a violent turn
Five Ways to Cook With Pumpkin
It’s time to think outside the pie crust and consider other ways you can put pumpkin on your table
The show’s setting in a lush, 85-million-year-old jungle may be unique, but the tempo follows many of the standard TV tropes
“It’s too dangerous,” said a villager. “There are bears.” His boys growled and clawed the air
The Invasive Species We Can Blame On Shakespeare
There are 200 million European starlings in North America, and they are a menace
Population: 400
Pet products are already a huge business. Innovations like pet GPS and remote feeding devices are making it even bigger
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