Media | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/media/RSS feed for MediaenFri, 06 Mar 2026 22:14:33 +0000The Iconic House From 'The Brady Bunch' Is Now an Official Historic Landmark in Los Angeleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-house-from-the-brady-bunch-is-now-an-official-historic-landmark-in-los-angeles-180988311/Viewers saw the house in shots of the Brady home's exterior, though interior scenes were filmed in a studio. A few years ago, the structure was renovated to match the setsFri, 06 Mar 2026 22:14:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-house-from-the-brady-bunch-is-now-an-official-historic-landmark-in-los-angeles-180988311/See How Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' Inspired Centuries of Artists—From Caravaggio to René Magrittehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-ovids-metamorphoses-inspired-centuries-of-artists-from-caravaggio-to-rene-magritte-180988224/A show at the Rijksmuseum brings together paintings, sculptures, film and other artworks that reinterpret the ancient Roman poet's tales of transformationTue, 24 Feb 2026 20:59:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-how-ovids-metamorphoses-inspired-centuries-of-artists-from-caravaggio-to-rene-magritte-180988224/How ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ Introduced the ‘First Lady of Children’s Music’ to a Large National Audiencehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inside-the-friendship-that-developed-between-two-famous-creators-of-childrens-media-from-vastly-different-backgrounds-in-the-1970s-180986357/When musician Ella Jenkins appeared on the show, she brought Black diasporic music and her signature songs to televisions across AmericaFri, 04 Apr 2025 12:50:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/inside-the-friendship-that-developed-between-two-famous-creators-of-childrens-media-from-vastly-different-backgrounds-in-the-1970s-180986357/Why the ‘Peanuts’ Characters Still Thrive 25 Years After the Last Original Comic Strip Was Publishedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/In the decades since the end of the cherished newspaper strip, audiences continue to find reasons to chuckle and cheer over Charlie Brown’s gangFri, 03 Jan 2025 15:00:53 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-the-peanuts-characters-still-thrive-25-years-after-the-last-original-comic-strip-was-published-180985766/When Instant Replay Debuted During the Broadcast of a College Football Game in 1963, It Revolutionized the Way We Watch Sportshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-instant-replay-debuted-during-the-broadcast-of-a-college-football-game-in-1963-it-revolutionized-the-way-we-watch-sports-180985516/Piloting the new technology was a risky move in front of the national audience that watched the Army-Navy showdown on this day in 1963Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-instant-replay-debuted-during-the-broadcast-of-a-college-football-game-in-1963-it-revolutionized-the-way-we-watch-sports-180985516/NASA Addresses Rumors About Health of Starliner Astronaut on the International Space Station—Againhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-addresses-rumors-about-health-of-starliner-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station-again-180985478/The space agency’s chief health and medical officer refutes claims that Suni Williams, who is on the unexpectedly extended Boeing Starliner mission, appears unhealthily thinFri, 15 Nov 2024 19:19:17 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nasa-addresses-rumors-about-health-of-starliner-astronaut-on-the-international-space-station-again-180985478/Americans Fell in Love With Science When the Breathtaking Leonid Meteor Shower Lit Up the Skies Across the Nationhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/americans-fell-in-love-with-science-when-the-breathtaking-leonid-meteor-shower-lit-up-the-skies-across-nation-180985435/In 1833, hundreds of thousands of shooting stars inspired songs, prophecies and a crowdsourced research paper on the origins of meteorsWed, 13 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/americans-fell-in-love-with-science-when-the-breathtaking-leonid-meteor-shower-lit-up-the-skies-across-nation-180985435/The Real Story Behind 'Saturday Night,' the Movie About the Television Show That Changed Comedy Foreverhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-saturday-night-the-movie-about-the-television-show-that-changed-comedy-forever-180985236/A new film revisits the 90 minutes before the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-real-story-behind-saturday-night-the-movie-about-the-television-show-that-changed-comedy-forever-180985236/Why the Debut Issue of America's First Newspaper Was Also the Publication's Lasthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/On this day in 1690, "Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick" attracted colonial officials' ire by repeating a scandalous rumor and condemning a British alliance with the MohawkWed, 25 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-debut-issue-americas-first-newspaper-also-publications-last-180985122/How Americans Got Hooked on Counting Calories More Than a Century Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americans-got-hoooked-counting-calories-more-than-century-ago-180984428/A food history writer and an influential podcast host tell us how our thinking about health and body weight has—and hasn’t—evolved ever since Dr. Lulu Hunt Peters took the nation by stormThu, 30 May 2024 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americans-got-hoooked-counting-calories-more-than-century-ago-180984428/