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Proteins Help Scientists Read Between the Lines of a 1630 Plague Death Registry (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by bryanrasmussen on Jan 13, 2018 | past
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona to Recast Himself as Germany’s Savior (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by sohkamyung on Jan 11, 2018 | past
Fish Feel Pain (smithsonianmag.com)
5 points by sethbannon on Jan 10, 2018 | past | 1 comment
Remembering Joan of Arc, the Original Nasty Woman (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by jcbeard on Jan 9, 2018 | past
How Douglas Engelbart Invented the Future (smithsonianmag.com)
35 points by AndrewKemendo on Jan 6, 2018 | past | 4 comments
The Extraordinary Life of Nikola Tesla (smithsonianmag.com)
222 points by Hooke on Jan 6, 2018 | past | 105 comments
Who Took the Legendary Earthrise Photo from Apollo 8? (smithsonianmag.com)
77 points by sohkamyung on Jan 4, 2018 | past | 27 comments
A 19th-Century Illustrator Found Beauty in the Slimiest of Sea Creatures (smithsonianmag.com)
38 points by prismatic on Dec 29, 2017 | past | 5 comments
The rise of indoor navigation (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by bryanrasmussen on Dec 27, 2017 | past
Scientists Spot the Spark from Ancient Collision of Neutron Stars (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by bryanrasmussen on Dec 27, 2017 | past
Archaeologists Just Beginning to Reveal Secrets Hidden in Ancient Manuscripts (smithsonianmag.com)
4 points by grzm on Dec 20, 2017 | past | 2 comments
[dupe] The Tulip Fever Was Exaggerated (smithsonianmag.com)
55 points by sharjeelsayed on Dec 17, 2017 | past | 36 comments
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by Frogolocalypse on Dec 17, 2017 | past
The healing power of Greek Tragedy (smithsonianmag.com)
3 points by bryanrasmussen on Dec 13, 2017 | past | 1 comment
What Lurks Below Jupiter’s Great Red Spot? (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by DoreenMichele on Dec 13, 2017 | past
There Never Was a Real Tulip Fever (smithsonianmag.com)
3 points by JumpCrisscross on Dec 11, 2017 | past
Sabotage in New York Harbor – History – Smithsonian (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by vinnyglennon on Dec 5, 2017 | past
The Icelandic translation of Dracula is actually a different book (smithsonianmag.com)
88 points by fanf2 on Dec 2, 2017 | past | 25 comments
Why the Team Behind Sesame Street Created a Character with Autism (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by bmmayer1 on Dec 1, 2017 | past
The First Thanksgiving Parades Were Riots (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by ohjeez on Nov 22, 2017 | past
Churchill’s Historic “Fight Them” Speech Wasn’t Publicly Heard Until After WWII (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by sohkamyung on Nov 22, 2017 | past
The First Interstellar Object Seen Buzzing by Earth Is Pretty Weird (smithsonianmag.com)
3 points by kmooney on Nov 21, 2017 | past
The World Is Running Out of Sand (smithsonianmag.com)
214 points by laktak on Nov 20, 2017 | past | 134 comments
How a New Accent Overturned BBC Tradition and Messed with the Nazis (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by miraj on Nov 19, 2017 | past
Carl Sagan Warned the World About Nuclear Winter (smithsonianmag.com)
160 points by anarbadalov on Nov 16, 2017 | past | 119 comments
True Colors: Color-accurate reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures (2008) (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by eropple on Nov 9, 2017 | past
Graveyard of Neolithic “Giants” Found in China (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by fern12 on Nov 7, 2017 | past
Why Peter the Great Established a Beard Tax (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by fern12 on Nov 7, 2017 | past
Why Saudi Arabia Giving a Robot Citizenship Is Firing People Up (smithsonianmag.com)
2 points by lovemetwotimes on Nov 6, 2017 | past
Is It Time We Built a Museum of the History of American History? (smithsonianmag.com)
1 point by tacotornado on Nov 3, 2017 | past

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