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- This device might be England’s oldest dated scientific instrument https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/englands-oldest-known-scientific-instrument-is-for-sale-180983425/ 13 comments
- American Troops in the Russian Civil War (2019) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/forgotten-doughboys-who-died-fighting-russian-civil-war-180971470/ 3 comments
- Haiti's Cherished Soup Joumou https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/haitis-beloved-soup-joumou-serves-up-freedom-in-every-bowl-180981378/ 4 comments
- Sparta was more than an army of super warriors https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sparta-much-more-army-warriors-180978583/ 126 comments
- Artificial Intelligence completed Beethoven's unfinished Tenth Symphony https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/how-artificial-intelligence-completed-beethovens-unfinished-10th-symphony-180978753/ 56 comments
- Scientists Crack the Mathematical Mystery of Stingless Bees’ Spiral Honeycombs https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stingless-bees-build-spiral-honeycombs-grow-crystals-180975405/ 3 comments
- Researchers “Translate” Bat Talk (2016) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-translate-bat-talk-and-they-argue-lot-180961564/ 14 comments
- Selling the Eiffel Tower, Twice https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/?no-ist= 9 comments
- Where Did the Fear of Poisoned Halloween Candy Come From? (2013) https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/where-did-the-fear-of-poisoned-halloween-candy-come-from-822302/?no-ist= 63 comments
- Ancient Roman Water Networks Made the Empire Vulnerable http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ancient-roman-water-networks-made-empire-vulnerable-180953679 3 comments
- Archaeologists Unearth 3,000-Year-Old Wishing Well in Germany https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-3000-year-old-wishing-well-in-germany-180981428/ 3 comments europe
- Why Did Europeans Evolve Into Becoming Lactose Tolerant? Famine and disease from millennia ago likely spurred the rapid evolution of the trait on the continent. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/famine-and-diseases-likely-drove-europeans-ability-to-digest-milk-180980483/ 53 comments europe
- Dengue Fever and Zika viruses make humans more attractive to mosquitos https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dengue-fever-and-zika-virus-make-humans-more-attractive-to-mosquitoes-180980348/ 3 comments science
- Remains of 9,000-Year-Old Beer Found in China https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-9000-year-old-beer-found-china-180978563/ 215 comments history
- In a Remote Amazon Region, Study Shows Indigenous Peoples Have Practiced Forest Conservation for Millennia https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/remote-amazon-region-study-shows-indigenous-peoples-have-practiced-forest-conservation-millennia-180978038/#.YNPTGsuIEQ0.reddit 16 comments environment
- To Prevent Future Pandemics, Protect Nature https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/protecting-nature-will-protect-us-how-prevent-next-pandemic-180976177/ 25 comments worldnews
- Perché ho l'impressione che sia una cavolata? https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/naples-creating-dog-dna-database-track-down-owners-who-dont-clean-after-their-pets-180949868/ 3 comments italy
- One-Thousand-Year-Old Mill Resumes Production to Supply Flour Amid Pandemic https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/1000-year-old-mill-grinds-again-supply-flour-uk-180974830/ 402 comments nottheonion
- “These lost episodes really can end up in the most unusual of places and people might not even know they have them,” "Lost Footage of One of the Beatles’ Last Live Performances Found in Attic" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lost-footage-one-beatles-last-live-performances-found-attic-180972316/ 3 comments worldnews
- Music affects the taste of cheese https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hip-hop-and-mozart-improve-flavor-swiss-cheese-180971721/?fbclid=iwar01gjwsoxlhsal_lsz6pbrqsccczgofdoof4bzsckr34av7m6qwqllh86u 10 comments science
- Scientists Successfully Double the DNA Alphabet by adding four synthetic nucleobases https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-just-doubled-number-letters-dna-alphabet-180971552/ 9 comments worldnews
- The Cotton Plant That Sprouted on the Far Side of the Moon Has Died - China, which is manning the 1st probe to land on the lunar far side, was hoping to find out how plants fare in outer space https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cotton-plant-sprouted-moon-has-died-180971301/ 12 comments worldnews
- Supreme Court Orders Pause in Landmark Climate Change Case Led By Youth https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/supreme-court-orders-pause-landmark-climate-change-case-180970626/ 10 comments politics
- A Hangover Pill Is Working on Drunk Mice: The new antidote may lower blood alcohol levels, helping a hangover and preventing alcohol overdose deaths. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/hangover-pill-working-drunk-mice-180969047/ 49 comments worldnews
- A Neurosurgeon's Remarkable Plan to Treat Stroke Victims With Stem Cells https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/neurosurgeon-remarkable-plan-stroke-victims-stem-cells-180967211/ 3 comments science
- New Definition Would Make the Moon and Pluto Planets http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-definition-would-make-moon-and-pluto-planets-180962379/ 6 comments space
- You Could Own F. Scott Fitzgerald’s House: Live in the Victorian rowhouse where a career was born http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-could-own-f-scott-fitzgeralds-house-180960474/?no-ist 283 comments books
- The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-free-state-jones-180958111/ 4 comments history
- How the Green Book Helped African-American Tourists Navigate a Segregated Nation http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/history-green-book-african-american-travelers-180958506/?no-ist 88 comments history
- Coffee Just Got Cheaper - A global surplus of coffee is causing bean prices to bottom out http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/caffeine-junkies-rejoice-coffee-just-got-cheaper-180957670/ 1041 comments worldnews
- TIL in 2012, the U.S. Congress commissioned a special set of coins to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Baseball Hall of Fame. The coins will come in denominations of $5, $1 and half-dollar, and are the first run of curved coins the U.S. Mint has ever made. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/curved-coin-home-run-us-mint-180950267/ 3 comments baseball
- St. Barts Is Like the Galapagos for Linguistic Diversity http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/caribbean-island-galapagos-linguistic-diversity-180954481/?no-ist 5 comments linguistics
- Pollution From Hawaii Is Giving Sea Turtles Gross, Deadly Tumors http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pollution-hawaiis-farms-and-cities-causing-sea-turtles-get-deadly-tumors-180952912/#r92k7wmaxivvikw8.16 3 comments science
- This Ant Species May Support a Controversial Theory on Evolution http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/newly-discovered-ant-species-supports-controversial-theory-evolution-180952423/ 18 comments science
- France is spending 3 million Euros to save the great hamster of Alsace http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/saving-great-hamster-alsace-180951359/?no-ist 163 comments nottheonion
- This Tower Pulls Clean Drinking Water Out Of Thin Air http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-tower-pulls-drinking-water-out-of-thin-air-180950399/#iw7jxdkw5zf5jhwh.16 14 comments technology
- Myths of the American Revolution http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/myths-of-the-american-revolution.html?story=fullstory&c=y 48 comments history
- The Secrets of Ancient Rome’s Buildings http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/the-secrets-of-ancient-romes-buildings.html 3 comments technology
- In Sicily, Defying the Mafia - Organised public resistance to Sicily's Cosa Nostra now possible, even successful. Confiscated Mafia assets used for social projects. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/in-sicily-defying-the-mafia.html 9 comments worldnews
- A poor black woman's cells were harvested in 1951. They have never died, were sent into space, and are responsible for the polio vaccine. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/henrietta-lacks-immortal-cells.html 62 comments science
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- How American Rich Kids Bought Their Way Into the British Elite | History| Smithsonian Magazine http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/2013/08/how-american-rich-kids-bought-their-way-into-the-british-elite/?1= 51 comments
- Being a lifelong bookworm may keep you sharp in old age | Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2013/07/11/being_a_lifelong_bookworm_may_keep_you_sharp_in_old_age_partner/?amp%3Butm_medium=socialflow 21 comments
- Homer and Harold | The Marshall Project https://www.themarshallproject.org/2016/12/20/homer-and-harold 18 comments
- How Speedo Created a Record-Breaking Swimsuit - Scientific American http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-speedo-created-swimsuit 13 comments
- The snack that pops up for breakfast https://www.snackstack.net/p/the-snack-that-pops-up-for-breakfast 3 comments
- The world's smallest violin: scientist uses proteins to create a new musical instrument - The Verge http://www.theverge.com/2013/9/5/4694324/biophysicist-uses-proteins-to-create-chromochord 3 comments
- Are Wild Animals Really Just Like Us? | Science| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/are-wild-animals-really-just-like-us-180982939/ 2 comments
- The Factualâs Most Credible Sources for Election News https://blog.thefactual.com/factual-most-credible-sources-election-news 1 comment
- In John They Trust: Vanuatu and the Cult of John Frum in the South Pacific – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com/in-john-they-trust-vanuatu-and-the-cult-of-john-frum-in-the-south-pacific/ 1 comment
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- GitHub - KatherineMichel/tech-and-funding-toolkit: Tech and Funding Toolkit https://github.com/KatherineMichel/tech-and-funding-toolkit 0 comments
- The Science Websites That We Read Every Day | Live Science https://www.livescience.com/61995-best-science-websites.html 0 comments
- Data Science Project: Cryptocurrencies (Part 2) — Volume and Data Source — | by Mauricio Letelier | Coinmonks | Medium https://medium.com/@maletelier/data-science-project-cryptocurrencies-part-2-volume-and-data-source-b42ac1d6ec12 0 comments