ai An Art Dealer Bought This Painting at a Barn Sale for $50. It Turned Out to Be an Emily Carr Worth Nearly $150,000 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 18:08:48 +0000 The Canadian Post-Impressionist artist was famous for her evocative landscapes and paintings incorporating motifs from First Nations groups Full Article
ai An American Bomb Left Over From World War II Explodes at an Airport Taxiway in Japan By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 09 Oct 2024 14:01:20 +0000 No one was injured in the blast, and authorities are investigating why the ordnance detonated after so many years underground Full Article
ai Rome's Trevi Fountain Will Get a Much-Needed Cleaning—and a Controversial New Entry Fee By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 15:48:39 +0000 During the restorations, visitors will be able to see the famous site via a temporary walkway, which officials will use to study the flow of foot traffic Full Article
ai A Rare Monet Painting Has Been Returned to the Family of Its Rightful Owners—Eight Decades After It Was Stolen by the Nazis By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 21:07:42 +0000 The Gestapo seized the Impressionist painting from storage after its owners fled from their home in Vienna. Now, the piece has been returned to their granddaughters Full Article
ai Seeing Vermeer’s 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' in Person Stimulates the Brain More Than Looking at Reprints, Study Suggests By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 16:24:47 +0000 Scientists used EEG headsets, MRI machines and eye trackers to study volunteers' responses to five paintings housed at the Mauritshuis museum in the Netherlands Full Article
ai Historic New Shepard Rocket Booster and Crew Capsule Will Go on Display at the Air and Space Museum By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:07:01 +0000 The two artifacts donated by Blue Origin achieved record-breaking feats and will extend the museum's story of trailblazing space travel into the present Full Article
ai SpaceX Launches Starship Mega-Rocket and Catches Its Booster in Midair on First Try By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 18:29:39 +0000 The success is a giant leap toward the company's goal to take humans and cargo all the way to Mars on the world's biggest and most powerful launch vehicle Full Article
ai Famous Explorer's Remains Discovered on Mount Everest Offer Clues in a Century-Long Mystery By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:17:06 +0000 In 1924, Andrew "Sandy" Irvine joined George Mallory’s expedition to the world’s highest peak. Now, Irvine’s recently found foot and boot hint at what might have happened on that ill-fated undertaking Full Article
ai See the First Section of the Largest-Ever Cosmic Map, Revealed in Stunning Detail by the Euclid Space Telescope By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 20:42:29 +0000 The final 3D atlas of the sky will help scientists study dark matter and dark energy, which make up 96 percent of the universe but remain mysterious Full Article
ai See the Wreck of Ernest Shackleton's 'Endurance' in Astonishing Detail With This New 3D Scan By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 Created from more than 25,000 high-resolution images, the digital model shows artifacts from the ill-fated expedition, including a boot, dishes and a flare gun Full Article
ai Asheville's Biltmore Estate Will Reopen for the Holidays After Sustaining Damage From Hurricane Helene By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:42:06 +0000 The sprawling estate, which is the largest privately owned home in the country, will open its doors in November after a month-long closure Full Article
ai Before He Created His Vibrant Drip Paintings, Jackson Pollock Took Inspiration From Pablo Picasso By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 20:14:00 +0000 A new exhibition in Paris demonstrates the influence that the Spanish artist had on the young American painter who would help usher in the Abstract Expressionist movement Full Article
ai Amateur Historian Discovers Lost Story by 'Dracula' Author Bram Stoker Hiding in Plain Sight at a Dublin Library By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:56:43 +0000 History forgot about "Gibbet Hill" for more than a century—until a fan of the Gothic horror writer stumbled upon the haunting tale at the National Library of Ireland Full Article
ai Salmon Make a Long-Awaited Return to the Klamath River for the First Time in 112 Years, After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 16:26:40 +0000 Chinook salmon spark excitement among local Klamath Tribes, who have advocated for decades to restore the flow of the river in California and Oregon Full Article
ai An Astonishing Trove of Coins Dating to the Norman Conquest Just Became the Most Valuable Treasure Ever Found in Britain By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:15:04 +0000 The so-called Chew Valley Hoard, which just sold for a record $5.6 million, includes 2,584 coins featuring the likenesses of Harold II, William the Conqueror and Edward the Confessor Full Article
ai Archaeologists Map Two Forgotten Medieval Cities That Flourished Along the Silk Road in the Mountains of Central Asia By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 14:07:05 +0000 The new research could change history's understanding of the sprawling trade network that connected Europe and the Middle East to East Asia Full Article
ai These Are Americans' Biggest Fears in 2024, as the Country Is 'Becoming More Afraid' By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 20:50:33 +0000 Government corruption, loved ones becoming ill or dying, cyberterrorism and nuclear weapons topped the list of Chapman University's annual survey Full Article
ai Archaeologists Discover Breathtaking Wall Paintings Frozen in Time Inside a Modest Home in Ancient Pompeii By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:35:35 +0000 Despite its unusually small size, the newly unearthed House of Phaedra is covered in elaborate frescos depicting mythological scenes Full Article
ai 'Found' Dataset Reveals Lost Maya City Full of Pyramids and Plazas, Hiding in Plain Sight Beneath a Mexican Forest By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 18:01:52 +0000 By analyzing an old lidar survey, researchers found evidence of more than 6,500 ancient structures in a previously unexplored area of Campeche Full Article
ai A Portrait of Alan Turing Made by an A.I.-Powered Robot Could Sell for Up to $180,000 By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:17:32 +0000 Ai-Da creates art using A.I. algorithms, cameras and robotic arms. Her abstract painting will be the first-ever artwork made by a humanoid robot to be sold at Sotheby's Full Article
ai Surrealism Is Turning 100. See the Dreamlike Paintings That Made the Movement So Revolutionary By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:55:05 +0000 A blockbuster exhibition in Paris is showcasing 500 artifacts and artworks in honor of the Surrealist Manifesto, which sparked a new artistic style that spread around the world Full Article
ai Japan's Mount Fuji Has Now Remained Snowless for the Longest Time in Its 130-Year Record By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 21:09:30 +0000 After a summer that tied for the country's hottest, meteorologists say an unusually warm autumn is delaying snowfall Full Article
ai Geologists Finally Explain New Jersey's Strange Earthquake That Rocked the Northeast in April By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:42:11 +0000 A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in bouncing waves that shook distant areas Full Article
ai A Simple Chemical Shift Explains Why Parrots Are So Colorful, Study Suggests By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:33:21 +0000 Unlike other birds, which get pigments from their diets, parrots produce their own—but scientists never fully understood the underlying mechanisms, until now Full Article
ai See the Breathtaking 14th-Century Sienese Artworks That Helped Set the Italian Renaissance in Motion By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 20:18:17 +0000 This brief chapter of art history is often overlooked. Now, an exhibition in New York City makes a strong argument for the integral role played by four artists in the city of Siena Full Article
ai See How René Magritte’s Dreamlike Paintings Evolved Over Four Decades at a New Exhibition in Australia By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 19:51:18 +0000 The Art Gallery of New South Wales is showcasing works full of the Surrealist artist's signature motifs—such as apples, pipes and bowler hats—in addition to lesser-known pieces Full Article
ai A Nazi-Looted Painting Recovered by the Monuments Men During World War II Is Going on Sale By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 20:58:54 +0000 When the war ended, Allied soldiers tracked down Nicolas de Largillierre's "Portrait de femme à mi-corps" with the help of a savvy French curator who had been working for the resistance Full Article
ai Travelers Can Now Buy a Can of '100 Percent Authentic Air' From Italy's Lake Como By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:25:29 +0000 It's not the first time savvy entrepreneurs have marketed canned air to tourists. Similar products have been sold at vacation destinations for decades Full Article
ai Thousands of Lego Daffodils Are Blooming in Britain By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:44:41 +0000 The brick-built botanicals celebrate the UK’s 2017 City of Culture Full Article
ai A Human Chain Helped a U.K. Bookshop Move to Its New Location By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Nov 2018 17:25:21 +0000 Some 250 volunteers transported more than 2,000 books Full Article
ai These Tiny Snails Are Breeding in the Wild for the First Time in 40 Years in French Polynesia By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:54:11 +0000 During a release of captive-bred snails in September, researchers discovered wild-born individuals from the Partula tohiveana species—which had been considered extinct in the wild—marking a huge milestone in a global effort to save them Full Article
ai An All-Female Crew Sailed 1,000 Miles in a Traditional Voyaging Canoe to Help Save Humpback Whales By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2024 14:50:52 +0000 The team traveled from New Zealand to Tonga along a humpback highway to collect environmental DNA and raise awareness of the plight of the marine mammals Full Article
ai Divers in Mexico's Underwater Caves Get a Glimpse of Rarely Seen Artifacts, Fossils and Human Remains By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 16:22:49 +0000 Cenotes in the Yucatán Peninsula are time capsules preserving remnants of Maya culture and fossils of extinct megafauna Full Article
ai How the Berlin Wall Became a 100-Mile Bike and Pedestrian Trail By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:52:01 +0000 Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a tangible way to experience history Full Article
ai Why Does Rain Smell and More Questions From Our Readers By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 18:00:00 +0000 You asked, we answered Full Article
ai An Airplane Graveyard Becomes a Kids’ Playground By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 19:49:20 +0000 These grounded planes in the Congo have captured the imagination of these children Full Article
ai The Mystery of the Failed Chlamydia Vaccine By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 18:00:00 +0000 In the 1960s, a vaccine for chlamydia made patients more susceptible to chlamydia. Now scientists know why Full Article
ai Meet the Italian 'Fruit Detective' Who Investigates Centuries-Old Paintings for Clues About Produce That Has Disappeared From the Kitchen Table By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 Renaissance paintings, medieval archives, cloistered orchards—how one Italian scientist is uncovering secrets that could help combat a growing agricultural crisis Full Article
ai A 350-voice youth choir aims to make remembrance relevant to young people By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 14:30:00 EST Shallaway Youth Choir is bringing a program of music to the Basilica in downtown St. John’s on Remembrance Day. Artistic director Kellie Walsh says the choir will sing about such topics as the Unknown Soldier and schoolchildren who care for Newfoundland graves in London. Where Once They Stood will be performed at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Monday. Full Article
ai Newfoundland filmmaker explores raising son in era of toxic masculinity By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 11:30:00 EST Newfoundland filmmaker Justin Simms is releasing his latest film called Sons. It was prompted by the birth of his son and left him wondering how traditional masculine behaviour is learned. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ai Revisiting the Unknown Soldier: How a grassroots campaign brought a fallen comrade home By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:30:00 EST Monday marks the first Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial in St. John's to include the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. We're proud to present again two documentaries that tell a remarkable story. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ai The library is open — really! But the closed stairs are causing confusion By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:47:35 EST The A.C. Hunter Public Library wants people in St. John’s to know that it’s open and accessible, despite how the entrance looks. The main staircase is under repair but there’s plenty of signs directing folks to other entrances. Still, librarians say people are judging this book by its cover and assuming the library is closed. Full Article
ai Pat White, Gander-based aviation pioneer behind EVAS Air, dead at 69 By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 06:46:57 EST Pat White, an entrepreneur who launched EVAS Air and the Gander Flight Training, has died. He was 69 years old. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ai I assure you, we're open: A.C. Hunter Public Library welcomes guests despite closure of main entrance By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:30:00 EST People using the library in the Arts and Culture Centre in St. John's are being forced to use alternate entrances due to an unsafe staircase in front of the building. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ai Doctors said her gangrenous appendix was just anxiety. She's not alone By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:30:00 EST A woman who says she was repeatedly denied emergency care last spring is blasting the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care system, saying she’s been left psychologically scarred after being told several times that her gangrenous appendix was simply anxiety or constipation. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
ai Nova Scotia NDP, candidate part ways after concerns raised by Jewish organizations By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 16:51:50 EST A candidate for the Nova Scotia NDP has apologized and is no longer running for the party in the provincial election after her comments on Israel and the Holocaust drew concern from the Jewish organizations. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ai Cape Breton food bank offers salon experience to clients needing haircuts By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST Volunteers will be cutting hair at a salon based inside a Cape Breton food bank. The goal is to provide clients with the same salon experience paying customers would receive. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ai How this veteran from N.S. started a humanitarian group in Ukraine By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST Kate MacEachern is a Canadian veteran from Ballantynes Cove, N.S., but her service years are far from over. She has spent about two years living in Ukraine, delivering humanitarian aid to communities across the country. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ai Rail transit advocate says more highways not the solution to Halifax's traffic woes By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 20:34:41 EST Building highways isn't the only solution to the growing problem of traffic congestion in and around the Halifax Regional Municipality, says the head of an organization that advocates for rail-based public transit. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia
ai Elections N.S. investigating PC campaign for handing out gift cards By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:19:45 EST Elections Nova Scotia is investigating PC candidate Susan Corkum-Greek's campaign to determine whether it broke the law by handing out gift cards on Saturday outside a Tim Hortons in Lunenburg, N.S. Full Article News/Canada/Nova Scotia