Hawaii | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/hawaii/RSS feed for HawaiienTue, 02 Sep 2025 16:22:39 +0000She Found a Tattered Logbook in the Trash. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Record From the 1941 Pearl Harbor Attackhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-found-a-tattered-logbook-in-the-trash-it-turned-out-to-be-a-rare-record-from-the-1941-pearl-harbor-attack-180987259/The National Archives has recovered the volume, which includes more than 500 pages of data from March 1941 to June 1942. It had been tucked away in storage for half a centuryTue, 02 Sep 2025 16:22:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-found-a-tattered-logbook-in-the-trash-it-turned-out-to-be-a-rare-record-from-the-1941-pearl-harbor-attack-180987259/Fancy a Kulfi? From Granita to Queso Helado, Cool Down With These Seven Frozen Desserts Found Around the Worldhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fancy-a-kulfi-from-granita-to-queso-helado-cool-down-with-these-seven-frozen-desserts-found-around-the-world-180987106/Shaved ice, stretchy ice cream and other cold treats can transport you in time and placeThu, 07 Aug 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/fancy-a-kulfi-from-granita-to-queso-helado-cool-down-with-these-seven-frozen-desserts-found-around-the-world-180987106/Centuries-Old Hawaiian Petroglyphs Emerge From the Sand for the First Time in Nine Yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-old-hawaiian-petroglyphs-emerge-from-the-sand-for-the-first-time-in-nine-years-180987080/Discovered in 2016, the sandstone carvings on the western shore of Oahu depict human-like figures and extend across more than 100 feetFri, 01 Aug 2025 20:15:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/centuries-old-hawaiian-petroglyphs-emerge-from-the-sand-for-the-first-time-in-nine-years-180987080/Scientists Are Using Drones to Unleash Thousands of Mosquitoes in Hawaii in a Bid to Save Native Birds. Here's How It Workshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-are-using-drones-to-unleash-thousands-of-mosquitoes-in-hawaii-in-a-bid-to-save-native-birds-heres-how-it-works-180986821/The lab-raised, non-biting male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malariaMon, 16 Jun 2025 19:24:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-are-using-drones-to-unleash-thousands-of-mosquitoes-in-hawaii-in-a-bid-to-save-native-birds-heres-how-it-works-180986821/This Simple but Ingenious Instrument Helped the World Measure Carbon Dioxide Levels in the Atmospherehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/simple-ingenious-instrument-helped-the-world-measure-carbon-dioxide-levels-atmosphere-180986566/Scientist Charles Keeling's invention had a profound effect on scientists' understanding of the severity of the climate change crisisMon, 19 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/simple-ingenious-instrument-helped-the-world-measure-carbon-dioxide-levels-atmosphere-180986566/Researchers Discover a Rare, Carnivorous Caterpillar That Wears Dead Insect Parts to Fool Spidershttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-a-rare-carnivorous-caterpillar-that-wears-dead-insect-parts-to-fool-spiders-180986506/The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, which is the only place it's known to live todayMon, 28 Apr 2025 17:46:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-discover-a-rare-carnivorous-caterpillar-that-wears-dead-insect-parts-to-fool-spiders-180986506/Why Was a 1940s Car Discovered in the Wreck of an American Naval Ship That Sank During World War II?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-1940s-car-discovered-wreck-american-naval-ship-that-sank-during-world-war-ii-180986485/The mysterious automobile was found in a hangar on the USS "Yorktown," which has been resting on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean since 1942Wed, 23 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-was-1940s-car-discovered-wreck-american-naval-ship-that-sank-during-world-war-ii-180986485/Destinations Hit by Natural Disasters Need Tourists Back—but Maybe Not in the Same Way as Beforehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destinations-hit-by-natural-disasters-need-tourists-backbut-maybe-not-in-the-same-way-as-before-180986413/Places like Maui and Asheville, North Carolina, rebuilding after wildfires and hurricanes, are doing so with a mind to sustainable tourismMon, 14 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/destinations-hit-by-natural-disasters-need-tourists-backbut-maybe-not-in-the-same-way-as-before-180986413/These 15 Photos Capture What Makes America’s National Historic Landmarks So Iconichttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-15-photos-capture-what-makes-americas-national-historic-landmarks-so-iconic-180985866/See images of special attractions across the country from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo ContestFri, 28 Feb 2025 12:30:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/these-15-photos-capture-what-makes-americas-national-historic-landmarks-so-iconic-180985866/See the Adorable Video of Wisdom, the World's Oldest Wild Bird, Tending to Her New Chick at Age 74https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-adorable-video-of-wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-wild-bird-tending-to-her-new-chick-at-age-74-180986079/First banded in 1956, the Laysan albatross has become a mother once again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife RefugeWed, 19 Feb 2025 19:10:46 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-adorable-video-of-wisdom-the-worlds-oldest-wild-bird-tending-to-her-new-chick-at-age-74-180986079/