< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/z8Kq_8nSglJWqQl6VSJRuGcPYiA=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (445x297:446 x298)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/9a/dd/9add0478-aa68-4cfe-89a7-c0f469ec83d2/the_discovery_of_a_monolithic_sculpture_measuring_188_meters_-3b62662ebc2ab9298527503389088b56.jpeg" alt="" > The stela was discovered with a large, embellished platform and residues…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/_BU7qrz6B05qoTRP31EQSgeBSZ0=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (512x324:513 x325)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/90/58/905857f5-d7a6-4fd8-b1e4-99889f78e2fa/liberty_torch.jpg" alt= "" > Here's how 3 French idealists-- an abolitionist, a carver and…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/VLZvAc2C3ioiNDjB0tIvpFY1dqE=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (580x298:581 x299)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/a8/36/a8369ac2-efab-4a29-8eac-0a7ff59bed66/gigas.jpeg" alt="" > Scientists have wondered whether Praearcturus gigas was a huge shellfish called…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/U4Cb-sYgryz7WVKEv7L7NsObpkY=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (425x275:426 x276)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/b4/74/b4743418-22b6-4b6d-8bec-844a465c29f5/ha.jpeg" alt= "" > Taylor Swift, Serena Williams and popular fictional characters provided their…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/2zRmx0nfHDyEIxRV_qqA2Na3yaw=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (640x341:641 x342)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/85/d0/85d0e1d0-9ad4-41c2-8f9b-aa7b89b0a532/noirlab2616a.webp" alt="" > After a year of testing, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/t2atCubzFC7w-inzTDw-wrviIjk=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (968x784:969 x785)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/e5/b2/e5b2bc91-b072-4f31-9b1c-b263a372305d/skylab_sl-4.jpg" alt=" "> A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian's…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/ktL3VB-v6TA3Z6_NuGRJeIriijA=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (960x750:961 x751)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/30/9a/309a8008-1d06-48bc-b527-5367d1148b75/first_bank_of_the_united_states_philadelphia_pennsylvania_lccn2011633532_edited.jpg" alt="" > A questionable idea right after the American Transformation, the First…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/gI9nlxZVJlJF4394ehJo_gob5_k=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (2016x1517:2017 x1518)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/84/f4/84f44735-e152-439e-9064-c817480e63d0/articulated_skeleton_photo_amy_way.jpg" alt="" > New research study shows that the ancestors of the Barkindji individuals…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/fUZb9tWtOqGx8damxvErJ8u7KJI=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1000x667:1001 x668)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/80/20/8020bc92-ba5b-4965-a5b0-63da89c21119/2149177672.jpg" alt="" > Individuals who were obese or dealing with weight problems wore the…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9Hl7QQimApRLjR70B14XMW_Z4CY=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (250x170:251 x171)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/b5/29/b529cc56-9b02-41d9-b165-41fd904dea5f/low-res_tuerkayana_hirtipes_by_tsubasa_inoue_cc_by_40.png" alt="" > The findings recommend that their well-known lateral movement evolved just when.…