/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b1/ae/b1ae00d6-f4fc-4be2-910d-d6be119d5cc3/starbucks.jpg)
Come On, Is Starbucks Really That “Dumb”?
People love to hate on Starbucks. But are those sentiments misplaced?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/94/aa/94aa84d8-14ce-4d86-868a-18405dfa2d45/4270948705_5b6164098d_z.jpg)
Michael Sam Could Become the First Openly Gay NFL Player Ever
He’ll have no protection under the law, nor does it seem like he’ll receive much protection by coaches, scouts or other players
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b1/00/b100b8dd-66ad-45a4-97ca-257d499c4f3b/02_10_2014_asap_olympic_size.jpg)
Modern Olympic Athletes Are Bigger, Stronger And Far, Far More Specialized
Over time, Olympians are changing shape to suit their sport
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/0c/e4/0ce4407d-3d47-4289-ad08-5bb039ca58a4/02_06_2014_gi_joe.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/a4/5d/a45d578a-941c-4d4e-8870-4bb8dad57e0b/screen_shot_2014-02-05_at_80726_am.png)
When Are We Going to Stop Making Famous People Argue About Evolution?
From the Scopes trial to last night’s Nye/Ham face-off, Americans love pointless creationism debates
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b3/a1/b3a1b498-cc9c-47a8-9940-1bc833375248/02_04_2014_computer.jpg)
What Was the Internet Like the Day Facebook Was Born?
The web was already 15 years old. What else were we up to when The Facebook was born?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ed/c9/edc98484-9446-4f72-b66a-e346b4ac2999/02_03_2014_hetch_hetchy.jpg)
California’s Crucial Reservoirs Are Running Low, And That’s Even Worse Than It Sounds
An ongoing drought has drained California dry
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/73/26/73264994-26da-479f-9505-e00776421bc0/02_03_2014_superbowl.jpg)
The People Who Went to the Super Bowl Are Now a Little Bit More Deaf
Major sports games are loud enough to cause permanent hearing loss
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f4/06/f40675c4-b1e9-4253-aabe-da3168f72c1b/school.jpg)
Forensic Experts Have Found 55 Bodies Buried at Notorious Reform School
That’s more than twice as many as they expected to find
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/88/50/88508b67-d8b8-43fe-986e-381727eca448/2616226258_f8117eac7f_z.jpg)
The Superbowl-Predicting Orangutan Has Chosen the Seahawks
The Seahawks can take the field knowing that at least one hairy mammal is rooting for them
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/86/4b/864b3cec-e40f-4ee2-bf4e-af1c19474d0f/01_30_2014_zombee.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/16/bc/16bc5458-be39-462c-ae74-53b33e2c0f26/6161007380_af2dcafc3d_z.jpg)
College Football Players Push to Unionize for Medical Benefits
Are college athletes students or employees?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/e8/0a/e80aeef5-fc56-4b7f-b084-e2657b47532b/elephant.jpg)
Try to Smuggle an Illegal Elephant Tusk Out of Kenya, Pay a $230,000 Fine
For the first time, Kenya exercised its new, stricter punishments for wildlife trafficking crimes
:focal(647x281:648x282)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8c/6f/8c6f8ed2-0f4b-422f-93e3-983b36975e22/pete_seeger_1986.jpg)
Spend the Morning With Pete Seeger’s Voice
“A good song makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it makes you think,” Seeger once said
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/85/5d/855d96fb-d43d-4779-a75d-08abb7b58490/01_27_2014_change_rover.jpg)
China’s Lunar Rover Just Melodramatically Announced Its Impending Demise
A mechanical failure could mean the end of China’s Jade Rabbit
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d0/10/d01025ef-e76c-40cf-80e3-aa30f4db0d67/01_23_2014_army.jpg)
The Army Is Open to Beards, Turbans And Other Religiously Affiliated Symbols
New dress regulations seek to accommodate soldier’s religious symbols
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f3/d4/f3d48888-6edc-44d6-b08e-c6f6f02683ef/mv_lyubov_orlowa_petermann_island.jpg)
No, an Abandoned Ship Full of Diseased Rats Is Not Floating Towards Britain
If you believe the headlines, a ghost ship full of cannibal rats is heading for England. Don’t believe the headlines
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/89/6b/896bc72d-b068-4d9e-b464-7e493189e2b1/6882839119_0bbfbe8773_z.jpg)
Jurors Cannot Be Dismissed From a Case Based on Sexual Orientation
The price for being treated like an equal human? Also having to serve jury duty
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1d/3c/1d3c0501-7218-45f8-8f65-a59d55efdddc/01_22_2014_2013_temperature_anomaly.jpg)
2013 Continues 37-Year Warm Streak
Yep, global warming is still a thing. The last time it was cold, globally, was in 1976.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/45/6e/456ebc89-ed59-407b-8650-1eab5c2dfdd1/000-goalpost.jpg)
The NFL Is Considering Axing the Extra Point After Touchdowns
Scoring these points is easy, and the NFL might just get rid of them
Page 106 of 128