Latest articles | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/latest_articles/RSS feed for with the latest articlesenThu, 28 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000Six Cars Raced to the Finish Line of the U.S.'s First Automobile Race—at Speeds of Seven Miles Per Hourhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/six-cars-raced-to-the-finish-line-of-the-uss-first-automobile-raceat-speeds-of-seven-miles-per-hour-180985385/Held on this day in 1895, the 54-mile round trip took more than ten hours and involved accidents with streetcars, horses and snowbanksThu, 28 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000Every Two Years, Staffers at the Met Get to See Their Own Art on the Prestigious Museum's Wallshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/every-two-years-staffers-at-the-met-get-to-see-their-own-art-on-the-prestigious-museums-walls-180985552/The museum has been staging exhibitions featuring employee art since 1935. This year's show is only the second in history that's been open to the publicWed, 27 Nov 2024 20:19:28 +0000A Man Noticed a Strange Shape on the Ground on Google Earth. It Turned Out to Be the Mark of an Undetected Tornadohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-man-noticed-a-strange-shape-on-the-ground-on-google-earth-it-turned-out-to-be-the-mark-of-an-undetected-tornado-180985555/Geoscientists in Australia suggest a strong tornado swept across the Nullarbor Plain in November 2022 and made the 6.8-mile-long scar on the landscape—without anyone noticingWed, 27 Nov 2024 20:11:47 +0000These Endangered Wolves Have a Sweet Tooth—and It Might Make Them Rare Carnivorous Pollinatorshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-endangered-wolves-have-a-sweet-tooth-and-it-might-make-them-rare-carnivorous-pollinators-180985551/Ethiopian wolves like to lick up the flower nectar of red hot poker plants, and researchers have caught the behavior on cameraWed, 27 Nov 2024 19:07:03 +0000Archaeologists Discover Ancient Canals Used to Trap Fish in Belize 4,000 Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-ancient-canals-used-to-trap-fish-in-belize-4000-years-ago-180985548/Pre-Maya hunter-gatherers built the system in Central America in response to a drought between 2200 and 1900 B.C.E., according to a new studyWed, 27 Nov 2024 18:26:33 +0000Archaeologist Discovers Two Neolithic Stone Circles in England, Supporting a 'Sacred Arc' Theoryhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-two-more-stone-circles-that-support-englands-sacred-arc-theory-180985526/The idea suggests prehistoric people built a ring of stone circles in modern-day Dartmoor National Park around the same time that Stonehenge was created—and the new finds have just added another piece to the puzzleWed, 27 Nov 2024 17:46:53 +0000Keith Haring Created These Striking Subway Drawings While Waiting for Trains on His Way to Workhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/keith-haring-created-these-striking-subway-drawings-while-waiting-for-trains-on-his-way-to-work-180985542/The artist used white chalk to draw on blank advertising panels inside subway stations. Now, 31 surviving examples of these works have sold at auction for more than $9 millionWed, 27 Nov 2024 16:36:41 +0000Mysterious, Repetitive 'Quacking' Noise in the Southern Ocean May Have Been a Conversation Between Whaleshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mysterious-repetitive-quacking-noise-in-the-southern-ocean-may-have-been-a-conversation-between-whales-180985545/During a 1982 experiment, researchers recorded the unusual sound, termed “bio-duck.” Now, a researcher suggests they may have been listening in on animals talking to each otherWed, 27 Nov 2024 16:25:14 +0000The Ten Best History Books of 2024https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ten-best-history-books-of-2024-180985531/Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is todayWed, 27 Nov 2024 15:59:08 +0000Vandals Destroy Ebenezer Scrooge's Fictional Tombstone Featured in a Film Adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/vandals-destroy-ebenezer-scrooges-fictional-tombstone-featured-in-a-film-adaptation-of-a-christmas-carol-180985546/Located in an English churchyard, the stone was inscribed with the name "Ebenezer Scrooge" for the 1984 movie. Police are investigating the vandalism, which occurred earlier this monthWed, 27 Nov 2024 15:48:13 +0000