https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/thought-innovation/RSS feed for Thought InnovationenThu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/moment-divine-inspiration-helped-melvil-dewey-bring-obsessive-order-infinitely-disorganized-stacks-library-180988856/The Massachusetts student let his mind wander during a Sunday sermon and created the decimal-based system that greatly simplified the search for any book you were looking for.Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/moment-divine-inspiration-helped-melvil-dewey-bring-obsessive-order-infinitely-disorganized-stacks-library-180988856/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-revolutionary-spark-180988782/Celebrating the visionary insights & darling innovators that forged a nation.Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:04:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-revolutionary-spark-180988782/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-high-schoolers-found-an-impossible-proof-for-a-2000-year-old-math-rule-then-they-discovered-nine-more-180985357/Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson of Louisiana published a new study proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat mathematicians long thought could not be doneWed, 30 Oct 2024 15:13:33 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/two-high-schoolers-found-an-impossible-proof-for-a-2000-year-old-math-rule-then-they-discovered-nine-more-180985357/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-myth-american-frontier-got-start-180981310/Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis informed decades of scholarship and culture. Then he realized he was wrongFri, 06 Jan 2023 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-myth-american-frontier-got-start-180981310/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bell-hooks-influential-scholar-feminist-and-critic-dies-at-69-180979244/The prolific American writer shaped a generation of discourse around Black feminism and intersectionalityThu, 16 Dec 2021 22:45:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/bell-hooks-influential-scholar-feminist-and-critic-dies-at-69-180979244/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-time-together-and-color-book-displays-web-du-bois-visionary-infographics-180970826/His pioneering team of black sociologists created data visualizations that explained institutionalized racism to the worldThu, 15 Nov 2018 15:30:38 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/first-time-together-and-color-book-displays-web-du-bois-visionary-infographics-180970826/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mary-katharine-goddard-woman-whose-name-appears-declaration-independence-180970816/Likely the United States' first woman employee, this newspaper publisher was a key figure in promoting the ideas that fomented the RevolutionWed, 14 Nov 2018 16:44:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/mary-katharine-goddard-woman-whose-name-appears-declaration-independence-180970816/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/restaurateur-jose-andres-dreams-milking-clouds-180970736/In a conversation with architect David Rockwell, the philanthropic chef urges an invested effort in technology that could collect water from the cloudsTue, 06 Nov 2018 18:03:55 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/restaurateur-jose-andres-dreams-milking-clouds-180970736/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/innovative-spirit-changing-our-world-better-180952004/In partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, we look at the innovative spirit within the Smithsonian and beyondMon, 15 Oct 2018 14:31:07 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/innovative-spirit-changing-our-world-better-180952004/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/time-banking-is-catching-on-in-digital-world-180969437/Apps that allow users to pay for services in redeemable credits instead of cash are helping to build communitiesMon, 25 Jun 2018 13:12:50 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/time-banking-is-catching-on-in-digital-world-180969437/