Internet | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/internet/RSS feed for InternetenThu, 19 Feb 2026 20:00:44 +0000Watch the First-Ever Video Uploaded to YouTube, a Grainy 19-Second Clip Called 'Me at the Zoo'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-the-first-ever-video-uploaded-to-youtube-a-grainy-19-second-clip-called-me-at-the-zoo-180988225/The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has acquired the site's very first video, which went live on April 23, 2005Thu, 19 Feb 2026 20:00:44 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-the-first-ever-video-uploaded-to-youtube-a-grainy-19-second-clip-called-me-at-the-zoo-180988225/Denmark's Postal Service Is About to Stop Delivering Physical Letters After 400 Yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denmarks-postal-service-is-about-to-stop-delivering-physical-letters-after-400-years-180987918/As the volume of letters plummets, PostNord, the government-owned postal service of Denmark and Sweden, will stop transporting letters in Denmark on December 30, though it will continue distributing packagesTue, 23 Dec 2025 14:56:04 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/denmarks-postal-service-is-about-to-stop-delivering-physical-letters-after-400-years-180987918/Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025 Is 'Slop,' the A.I.-Generated Junk That Fills Our Social Media Feedshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2025-is-slop-the-ai-generated-junk-that-fills-our-social-media-feeds-180987887/The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence"Wed, 17 Dec 2025 19:25:18 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2025-is-slop-the-ai-generated-junk-that-fills-our-social-media-feeds-180987887/'Rage Bait,' Which Describes Online Content Created to Make Us Mad, Is Oxford's 2025 Word of the Yearhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rage-bait-which-desribes-online-content-created-to-make-us-mad-is-oxfords-2025-word-of-the-year-180987776/The term "has become shorthand for content designed to elicit anger by being frustrating, offensive or deliberately divisive in nature," according to expertsTue, 02 Dec 2025 17:26:12 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rage-bait-which-desribes-online-content-created-to-make-us-mad-is-oxfords-2025-word-of-the-year-180987776/Feel a Connection to a Celebrity You’ve Never Met? Your Bond May Be 'Parasocial,' Which Is Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2025https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/feel-a-connection-to-a-celebrity-youve-never-met-your-bond-may-be-parasocial-which-is-cambridge-dictionarys-word-of-the-year-for-2025-180987711/The term is used to describe "a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know," according to the dictionaryTue, 18 Nov 2025 21:11:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/feel-a-connection-to-a-celebrity-youve-never-met-your-bond-may-be-parasocial-which-is-cambridge-dictionarys-word-of-the-year-for-2025-180987711/The Term '67' Is 'Impossible to Define.' It Just Became Dictionary.com's Word of the Year for 2025https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-term-67-is-impossible-to-define-it-just-became-dictionary-coms-word-of-the-year-for-2025-180987650/The dictionary says the viral word, which has become particularly popular among members of Gen Alpha, is "meaningless, ubiquitous and nonsensical"Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:42:47 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-term-67-is-impossible-to-define-it-just-became-dictionary-coms-word-of-the-year-for-2025-180987650/Chicago's Famous 'Rat Hole' Wasn't Actually Made by a Rat, According to a Statistical Analysishttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicagos-famous-rat-hole-wasnt-actually-made-by-a-rat-according-to-a-statistical-analysis-180987514/Scientists are almost certain the viral imprint in a city sidewalk was actually made by an unlucky squirrelThu, 16 Oct 2025 15:08:05 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chicagos-famous-rat-hole-wasnt-actually-made-by-a-rat-according-to-a-statistical-analysis-180987514/After Two Years as Runner-Up, Chunk Is Finally Crowned Winner of Fat Bear Weekhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-two-years-as-runner-up-chunk-is-finally-crowned-winner-of-fat-bear-week-180987428/The brown bear heavyweight persevered through a jaw injury this year that will permanently hinder his ability to fight and huntWed, 01 Oct 2025 20:17:09 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/after-two-years-as-runner-up-chunk-is-finally-crowned-winner-of-fat-bear-week-180987428/How Much Can a Giant Waterlily Hold? See One Carry 183 Pounds Before Sinking, Winning a Social Media Contesthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-much-can-a-giant-waterlily-hold-see-one-carry-183-pounds-before-sinking-winning-a-social-media-contest-180987268/Now in its third year, the Waterlily Weigh-Off invites public gardens and zoos to show off the strength of their aquatic plantsFri, 29 Aug 2025 21:09:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-much-can-a-giant-waterlily-hold-see-one-carry-183-pounds-before-sinking-winning-a-social-media-contest-180987268/'Delulu,' 'Skibidi' and 'Tradwife' Are Among More Than 6,000 Words Added to the Cambridge Dictionaryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/delulu-skibidi-and-tradwife-are-among-more-than-6000-words-added-to-the-cambridge-dictionary-180987210/Many of the additions reflect how internet culture has changed the English language in recent yearsWed, 20 Aug 2025 16:03:43 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/delulu-skibidi-and-tradwife-are-among-more-than-6000-words-added-to-the-cambridge-dictionary-180987210/