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Travel
Exploring Hemingway’s Pamplona
An offbeat journey to the legendary Spanish festival 100 years after the life-changing trip that inspired Ernest Hemingway to write “The Sun Also Rises”
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Before Meditation Apps, Listeners Were Hooked on Whale Songs, Rain Sounds and the ‘Scream of the Southern Leopard Frog’
We've been listening to the great outdoors from the comfort of our homes since the invention of the portable tape recorder. Can nature sounds drown out the cacophony of modern life?
Smart News
Rabbits With ‘Horns’ Seen in Colorado Are Going Viral. Here’s What’s Really Happening
Italy Plans World’s Longest Suspension Bridge to Connect Mainland With Sicily
Science Fiction? Think Again. Scientists Are Learning How to Decode Inner Thoughts
FBI Returns Long-Lost Manuscript Signed by Hernán Cortés in 1527 to Mexico’s National Archives
A Lock of Braided Human Hair Could Change How We Think About Inca Society and Record-Keeping
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Science
A Shared Fate
In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have found the answers to keeping them both alive
Arts & Culture
Classic Rock
Artisans around the world are ditching the mortar and embracing an old method of building rock walls
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America’s 250th Anniversary
To mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding on July 4, 1776, Smithsonian magazine is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped the United States’ fight for independence from Great Britain
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Podcast
Smithsonian Podcast: There’s More to That
Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet the magazine’s journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.
Latest Episodes
History
How the 1973 D.C. Home Rule Act Enabled the Nation’s Capital to Govern Itself—With Congressional Oversight
Far from being a new debate brought on by current events, the discussion over extending home rule to Washingtonians has been around as long as the District of Columbia itself
Science
Inside the Quest to Understand the Link Between Cannabis and Schizophrenia
Recent studies have examined the relationship between the drug and psychoses and looked at how the brain responds to the substance
Innovation
Can A.I. Help Revitalize Indigenous Languages?
Indigenous researchers and roboticists are crafting innovative tools to help save endangered dialects
Travel
In Belize, Maya Descendants Are Reviving an Ancient, Sacred Ballgame
A movement is underway to make pok-ta-pok, the world’s oldest team ballgame, the national sport
Arts & Culture
Seventy Years Ago, Johnny Cash Recorded ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ and Became a Folk Hero for the Ignored and Downtrodden
A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song
At the Smithsonian
How Bruce Springsteen Created the ‘Greatest Rock Album Ever’
Fifty years ago, the Boss was at a pivotal moment in his career. A new book details what it took to launch ‘Born to Run’
