← Back to news
S

Smithsonian

Elusive Sailback Houndshark Rediscovered in Papua New Guinea After 50 Years

L

Sharks' Teeth Could Suffer Damage as Ocean Acidification Intensifies, Study Suggests

L

How a Spontaneous Food Fight Became La Tomatina, Spain's Annual Tomato-Throwing Festival

L

Where Did the Big Bang Happen? And More Questions From Our Readers

L

Telescopes Reveal Surprising Chemistry of a Rare Interstellar Object Passing Through Our Solar System

L

She Spent Three Weeks Digging for a Diamond for Her Engagement Ring—and Unearthed a 2.3-Carat Stunner

L

Two Years After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Rare Access to His Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind the Myth

L

Early Humans Moved Stones Long Distances to Make Tools 600,000 Years Earlier Than Thought

L

Archaeologists Are Digging Up Scotland's Very First Outdoor Skatepark

L

This Is What Our Thumbs Say About Our Brains, in a Pattern That Holds True for Other Primates

L

Twenty Years After Hurricane Katrina, Many of Us Are Still Missing All That We Lost—and Grappling With One of the Country’s Worst Disasters

L