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Most Antiquities Sold Online Are Fake or Illegal
Social media and ISIS have combined to flood the web with thousands of questionable artifacts
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A Decade Ago, the Hashtag Reshaped the Internet
From humble origins, this ancient punctuation mark has gained new life as a symbol to connect us all on social media
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A Virtual Exhibit Unites Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers
The global collaboration features five of the six surviving canvases
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New Art Exhibit Remembers Trashy Tabloid Culture of 2000s
The Brooklyn show highlights art inspired by the age when celebrity scandals and gossip reigned supreme
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How Fake News Breaks Your Brain
Short attention spans and a deluge of rapid-fire articles on social media form a recipe for fake news epidemics
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Tourists Are Now Banned from Photographing This Swiss Village
It’s a blatant—if somewhat brilliant—press play
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Amateur Skywatchers Spot New Atmospheric Phenomenon
Its name is Steve, and it’s more common than you might think
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Is #Hashtagging Your Environment on Instagram Enough to Save It?
Location-based data might help pinpoint key ecosystems—or make conservation a popularity contest
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Social Networks May Give Runners a Motivational Leg Up to Hit the Pavement
Friends’ running habits may have more influence on your workouts than you might think
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What can conservationists learn from New Zealand’s official “spokesbird,” a YouTube celebrity who tries to mate with people’s heads?
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Can Social Media Give Sharks a Better Reputation?
A nonprofit called Ocearch is naming tagged sharks and giving them Twitter and Instagram accounts to ease fears and aid in conservation
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How a Soap Opera Virus Felled Hundreds of Students in Portugal
The “Strawberries With Sugar” outbreak is just one example of mass hysteria, which goes back centuries
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#ColorOurCollections Is Back, Turning Your Favorite Cultural Institutions Into Coloring Books
In its second year, it’s more vibrant than ever
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Haunting Twitter Account Shares the Fates of the Refugees of the St. Louis
In 1939, Cuba and the United States turned back a ship full of German Jews, 254 of whom were later killed during the Holocaust
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Why 2016 Is Only the Most Recent Worst Year Ever
This year has been miserable for many, but it has plenty of competition from its predecessors in the 20th century
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Violence Among Teens Can Spread Like a Disease, Study Finds
Surveys of thousands of American teens add evidence to the theory that violence spreads in communities like a contagion
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Why Do Flashing Images Cause Seizures?
For people with epilepsy, a flashing screen can be more than a passing annoyance
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How the Cell Phone Is Forever Changing Human Communication
An ongoing study by Smithsonian anthropologists investigates the dramatic shifts wrought by the smart phone
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From the Telegram to Twitter, How Presidents Make Contact With Foreign Leaders
Does faster communication cause more problems than it solves?
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What Happens to Obama’s Social Media Accounts When He Leaves Office?
The White House and National Archives have come up with a strategy to smoothly transition the POTUS Twitter and other communications channels
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