Latest articles | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/latest_articles/RSS feed for with the latest articlesenTue, 03 Dec 2024 21:58:30 +0000Eating Seaweed Could Make Cows Less Gassy, Slashing Methane Emissions From Grazing by Nearly 40 Percenthttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/eating-seaweed-could-make-cows-less-gassy-slashing-methane-emissions-from-grazing-by-nearly-40-percent-180985575/A new study finds that feeding seaweed pellets to grazing beef cattle dramatically reduces their greenhouse gas emissionsTue, 03 Dec 2024 21:58:30 +0000This Mysterious Gold Pendant Featuring a Misspelled Inscription Is an Early Medieval Imitation of a Roman Coinhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/this-mysterious-gold-pendant-featuring-misspelled-inscriptions-is-an-early-medieval-imitation-of-a-roman-coin-180985566/A metal detectorist in England discovered the unusual piece of jewelry, which was likely made in the late fifth or early sixth century C.E.Tue, 03 Dec 2024 21:21:56 +0000The Secret to the Rise of Dinosaurs Could Be Hidden in an Unlikely Place: Their Poophttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-secret-to-the-rise-of-dinosaurs-could-be-hidden-in-an-unlikely-place-their-poop-180985562/In a new study, scientists examined bromalites, including fossilized feces and vomit, to reveal prehistoric diets and reconstruct the timeline of how dinosaurs established dominion over the worldTue, 03 Dec 2024 20:28:14 +0000Pope Francis Signed These Two Bottles of Bourbon to Support Charities in Kentuckyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/pope-francis-signed-these-two-bottles-of-bourbon-to-support-charities-in-kentucky-180985556/Earlier this year, a priest from Lexington brought the spirits to the Vatican to get the pope's autograph. They will soon be sold at auction, where they could raise up to $20,000Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:02:21 +0000A Mysterious Shipwreck Rests Just 20 Feet Below the Surface. It May Be Connected to Vasco da Gama's Final Voyagehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-mysterious-shipwreck-rests-just-20-feet-below-the-surface-it-may-be-connected-to-vasco-da-gamas-final-voyage-180985563/Researchers think a coral-covered vessel discovered off the Kenyan coast could be the "São Jorge," a galleon that sank 500 years agoTue, 03 Dec 2024 17:48:13 +0000As Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melts, an Island Town Riseshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/as-greenlands-ice-sheet-melts-an-island-town-rises-180985514/Geologists are working with local communities to determine how residents can adapt as the area's sea level, in effect, goes downTue, 03 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000The World's Deadliest Industrial Disaster Exposed 500,000 People to Toxic Gas and Claimed Thousands of Liveshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-deadliest-industrial-disaster-exposed-500000-people-to-toxic-gas-and-claimed-thousands-of-lives-180985434/A web of technical failures, human errors and corporate malpractice in Bhopal, India, culminated in an unthinkable tragedy on this day in 1984Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000Footprints Reveal Two Early Human Species Walked the Same Lakeshore in Kenya 1.5 Million Years Agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/footprints-reveal-two-early-human-species-walked-the-same-lakeshore-in-kenya-15-million-years-ago-180985561/A new, “mind-blowing” discovery reveals evidence that Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei stepped at the same site within days—or hours—of each otherMon, 02 Dec 2024 21:15:01 +0000'Brain Rot,' the Scourge of the Chronically Online, Becomes Oxford's 2024 Word of the Yearhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/brain-rot-the-scourge-of-the-chronically-online-becomes-oxfords-2024-word-of-year-180985560/The term refers to "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" that's linked to spending extensive stretches of time scrolling through low-quality contentMon, 02 Dec 2024 19:25:23 +0000A 65,000-Year-Old Hearth Reveals Evidence That Neanderthals Produced Tar for Stone Tools in Iberiahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-65000-year-old-hearth-reveals-evidence-that-neanderthals-produced-tar-for-stone-tools-in-iberia-180985536/While Neanderthals have been found to create glue-like substances with other materials, this finding, if confirmed, would be the first sign of Neanderthals burning the rockrose plant to make tarMon, 02 Dec 2024 18:48:07 +0000