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Jicky, the First Modern Perfume
Tfirst fragrance to incorporate synthetic ingredients and natural extracts, making it one of the most significant perfumes in the history of scent design
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VIDEO: Making Mount Rushmore
Get up close and personal with four presidents with video and now a new National Park Service app
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Poetry Matters: Lessons From America’s First Inaugural Poet
Introducing a new monthly poetry column, just in time to offer inaugural poet Richard Blanco some advice from Robert Frost
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Researchers Discover New Method of Barnacle Sex
Upending 150 years of theory, scientists observed that some barnacles can capture sperm from the water for reproduction
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Can a Buzzing Fork Make You Lose Weight?
HapiFork, a utensil that slows down your eating, is one of a new wave of gadgets designed to help you take control of your health
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Events January 18-20: A Multicultural Festival, the Voices of Emancipation and the Smithsonian Staff’s Best Photos
This week, travel around the world in one museum, celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation and see the world through the Smithsonian staff’s eyes
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New Study Suggests Crabs Can Feel Pain After All
Most of us assume that crustaceans can’t feel pain—but new research suggests otherwise
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Plants Flower Nearly a Month Earlier Than They Did A Century Ago
In 2012, many plants in the eastern U.S. flowered earlier than in any other year on record
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Who Were the Six Native American Chiefs in Teddy Roosevelt’s Inaugural Parade?
Another inauguration, another opportunity to learn more about the men whose presence shocked the country
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War and Peace of Mind for Ulysses S. Grant
With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant finished his memoirs—and saved his wife from an impoverished widowhood—just days before he died
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How to Win Inauguration Weekend: There’s an App for That
One man won the election, but with free tours and insider information, you can still win the weekend. Plus hours, eating spots and where to rest your feet
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NASA Drones to Study Stratosphere for Climate Change Clues
On Friday, the agency will send an unmanned aircraft 65,000 feet above the Pacific Ocean to gather data for use in climate change modeling
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The First Major Museum Show to Focus on Smell
“The Art of the Scent” recognizes and celebrates fragrance as a true artistic medium rather than just a consumer product
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Party Like It’s 1881: President Garfield’s Inaugural Ball
Nothing says, “Welcome, Mr. President,” like 3,000 gas lights and a big hulking statue
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Braving the Pan-American Highway of Death
Along the roadway in Peru, hand-built memorials to accident victims occur almost as regularly as the kilometer markers themselves
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How Kraft Uses Patents to Dominate the Mac and Cheese Wars
A tour through the patent files reveals a wide range of odd shapes, which collectively are a far cry from the elbow-shaped pasta of your youth
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Covered in Ink, Cross-sections of Trees Make Gorgeous Prints
Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill uses ink to draw out the growth rings of a variety of tree species
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The Hot Condiment of 2013? Barrel-Aged Hot Sauce
Restauranteurs across the nation are feeding a new trend by feeding hot sauce into whiskey oak barrels
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If Only Hollywood Would Show Us Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
Our pop culture curator Amy Henderson strolls the halls of the Old Patent Building imagining the scene of Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball
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Garrison Keillor’s 1996 Predictions for the Future of Media
A woebegone tribute to the ending of an era
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