< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/v2nxp_iEd3w7Dw4oo2YJzymUtJg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (512x385:513 x386)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/30/42/3042503e-dfcf-4a2c-b22f-296f24058194/16054445089_141edf5e98_o.jpg "alt="" > A brand-new study suggests that the adaptable birds progressed into…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/PnCpHywowU1UPNgJH-VeUncH0ME=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (900x600:901 x601)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/19/fb/19fb5134-3672-4430-a414-e93a74af2312/112598.jpg" alt="" > The composing in the booklet suggests it came from an upper-class…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/tVhfdVd_txhpCJxGS4AjaPYNUfI=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (2433x1622:2434 x1623)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/fa/5c/fa5cabb5-7bae-4522-afbc-24c024d1eddb/20171115_plain_of_jars_laos_2540_dxo.jpg" alt="" > Researchers discovered bones of 37 people inside a giant stone jar…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/l4GuE_NsWFeeSB3d2DOWDCj2MfM=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1024x770:1025 x771)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/2b/7b/2b7b7730-26c2-4bcc-b9b6-56d9e96d5aee/june_2026.jpg "alt= "" > A lot of the nation's metal mines are embedded in…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/rD52nSNuTYaNXHrVIDnYrOSKIi8=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1024x683:1025 x684)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/18/01/18014b1c-ce10-4273-bad0-83a2f7608513/53649775536_df31cb8b7d_k.jpg" alt="" > Scientists captured the uncommon pinnipeds resting and oversleeping a secluded chamber…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/w2qV2tQMJY1pXcnULo-J27K-rPI=/fit-in/1600x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/44/2a/442a0dab-2125-4de9-acfe-1ff8996b8812/st_marys.png" alt="" > Specialists compared DNA from 49 skeletons buried in a cemetery in St. Mary's City…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/ALdM2CO-m23bkRErGoptuULMd2A=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1000x667:1001 x668)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/08/2d/082de4bd-7cc2-442d-b144-506b85cae59c/fe5f08877b469b9186d6bf1b7446ef66-l.jpeg "alt="" > A brand-new long-term display screen at the Musée d'Orsay showcases…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/SibRn5QBcK28jf4kcv9jutPU0Cg=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1497x784:1498 x785)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/8e/10/8e10133d-a0f9-481a-ab58-e1ef5bd3cb65/heritage-09-00096-g015.png" alt=" "> Ancient Roman forces may have used the polybolos to quell a…
< img src =" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/CAZLDzcR4Mz6h9nZGePMU9FFaYI=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (750x500:751 x501)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/30/8c/308cedab-7177-49f7-90fe-06baa5b3d15d/sisters.jpg "alt="" > A new exhibit at Kensington Palace informs the fascinating story…
< img src=" https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/9se8NZwwQBGpsiDXwkXPqm4TPoM=/fit-in/1600x0/filters:focal (1008x758:1009 x759)/ https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/c9/c9/c9c98318-c5c7-4488-9fc8-1504e7708478/rat.jpg" alt= "" > Magawa the African giant pouched rat cleared more 1.5 million…