Smithsonian MagazineWhales Using Nuclear Bomb Detectors, Scientists Overhear the Secret Songs of a Never-Before-Seen Pygmy Blue Whale Population smithsonianmag.com - Shi En Kim In the vast depths of the ocean, pygmy blue whales are hard to spot despite their immense size—the length of two buses. Luckily, they’re loud enough …
Smithsonian MagazineJuneteenth Juneteenth, the U.S.' Second Independence Day, Is Now a Federal Holiday smithsonianmag.com - Meilan Solly On Thursday, President Joe Biden is set to sign a bill designating Juneteenth—the longstanding commemoration of the end of slavery in the United …
Smithsonian MagazineGray Whales Gray Whale Breaks Migration Record With 16,700-Mile Journey smithsonianmag.com - Theresa Machemer Gray whales spend their summers in the chilly waters of the northern Pacific and their winters along the coasts of California and Mexico. So …
Smithsonian MagazineArchaeology Headless Statue of Ancient Woman Discovered in Turkey's 'Mother Goddess City' smithsonianmag.com - Livia Gershon Archaeologists have discovered an 1,800-year-old statue of a woman in the ancient city of Metropolis in western Turkey, reports the Hurriyet Daily …
Smithsonian MagazineColorado Public Radio Gray Wolf Pups Seen in Colorado for the First Time in 80 Years smithsonianmag.com - Alex Fox Last week, wildlife officials in Colorado announced that their state is now home to at least three gray wolf pups, the first litter to be born in the …
Smithsonian MagazineAntidepressants Crayfish Exposed to Antidepressants Are More Adventurous smithsonianmag.com - Elizabeth Gamillo When human medications leach into waterways, they can affect aquatic animals. In a new study published this week in the open-access journal Ecosphere, …
Smithsonian MagazineDavid Bowie David Bowie Painting Purchased at Landfill for $4 Expected to Fetch Thousands smithsonianmag.com - Isis Davis-Marks Last summer, an unidentified individual browsing a donation center at the entrance of an Ontario landfill purchased a portrait for $5 CAD (just over …
Smithsonian MagazinePompeii 'Miniature Pompeii' Found Beneath Abandoned Verona Cinema smithsonianmag.com - Livia Gershon Archaeologists digging under an abandoned cinema in Verona, Italy, have discovered the ruins of a second-century Roman building evocative of a …
Smithsonian MagazineTelescopes This Neptune-Like Exoplanet May Have Water Clouds smithsonianmag.com - Gia Yetikyel Last week, an international group of scientists announced the discovery of a Neptune-like exoplanet 90 light-years away from Earth that might have …
Smithsonian MagazineCivil Rights Long-Lost Fragment of First Rainbow Pride Flag Resurfaces After Four Decades smithsonianmag.com - Nora McGreevy A priceless piece of queer history has returned home to San Francisco, reports Ezra David Romero for KQED. Earlier this month, the GLBT Historical …
Smithsonian MagazineBirds Mysterious Ailment Blinding and Killing Birds in Washington, D.C. Area smithsonianmag.com - Alex Fox Something has been killing birds in Washington, D.C., Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia since late May, reports Mark Price for the Charlotte …
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