year See 15 Winning Images From the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 18:32:50 +0000 Breathtaking shots shine a light on the wonders of wildlife and the threats that human activities pose to the natural world Full Article
year A Treasure Hunt for an Ornate Golden Owl Buried in France Has Ended After 31 Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 20:36:36 +0000 The quest drew thousands of curious participants hoping to solve a series of elaborate riddles—and win a bejeweled statue worth an estimated $165,000 Full Article
year Nearly 40 Years After She Walked the Great Wall of China, Marina Abramović Returns to the Country With a New Exhibition By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Oct 2024 17:35:04 +0000 "Transforming Energy," the artist's first museum show in China, focuses on "artworks and objects that actively engage the audience" Full Article
year See the Super Hunter's Moon Tonight, the Biggest and Brightest Full Moon of the Year By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:11:20 +0000 This week's supermoon is closer to Earth than any other in 2024 Full Article
year Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Jade Dragon Artifact at a 5,000-Year-Old Tomb in China By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 Hundreds of artifacts have been unearthed at a burial mound in the city of Chifeng, but researchers are particularly intrigued by the six-inch-long object Full Article
year Can't Get Enough Carbs? That Craving Might Have Started More Than 800,000 Years Ago By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 19:18:10 +0000 New research traces the genetic underpinnings of the enzyme amylase, which helps humans digest starches and sugars Full Article
year An Ice Age Infant’s 17,000-Year-Old DNA Reveals He Had Dark Skin and Blue Eyes By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:50:24 +0000 The baby boy’s recovered genome suggests he’s related to a famous Ice Age population Full Article
year 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
year A Massive, Mysterious 'Ghost' Fish, Feared Extinct for Nearly 20 Years, Has Been Rediscovered in Cambodia By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:42:12 +0000 The giant salmon carp was formally identified in 1991, and since then, fewer than 30 individuals had been documented Full Article
year A Giant Meteorite Ripped Up the Seafloor and Boiled Earth's Oceans 3.26 Billion Years Ago. Then, Life Blossomed in Its Wake By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:01:49 +0000 Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive Full Article
year These Tiny Doodles May Be William Blake's Earliest Engravings, Overlooked for Nearly 250 Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 19:14:02 +0000 Using high-res scans, a researcher uncovered scribbled etchings likely made by the British poet and artist while working as a teenage apprentice engraver in the 1770s Full Article
year A 110-Year-Old Pickled Thylacine Head Helped Build the Most Complete Ancient Genome to Date, Says 'De-Extinction' Company By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 16:01:37 +0000 Colossal Biosciences reports it extracted DNA and RNA from the Tasmanian tiger specimen, a key step forward in its effort to create a modern proxy of the extinct species. Other scientists are calling for data to back up the claim Full Article
year Archaeologists Unearth 'Astonishing' Wooden Spade, Preserved in an English Trench for 3,500 Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:49:15 +0000 While most wooden artifacts disintegrate after thousands of years, the newly unearthed oak tool has remained in remarkable condition Full Article
year Scientists Think a Skeleton Found in a Well Is the Same Man Described in an 800-Year-Old Norse Text By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:56:38 +0000 The remains were discovered during excavations in 1938. Now, researchers have learned new information about his identity by analyzing DNA from his tooth Full Article
year Two High Schoolers Found an 'Impossible' Proof for a 2,000-Year-Old Math Rule—Then, They Discovered Nine More By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:13:33 +0000 Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson of Louisiana published a new study proving the Pythagorean theorem using trigonometry, a feat mathematicians long thought could not be done Full Article
year 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
year Divers Recover 300-Year-Old Glass Onion Bottles From a Shipwreck Off the Coast of Florida By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:42:40 +0000 The fragile 18th-century containers, which likely held alcoholic beverages that were shared among passengers and crew members, survived for centuries at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean Full Article
year The 'Super Bowl of Wildlife Art' Is All About Ducks, and It Has Protected America's Wetlands for 90 Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 18:14:32 +0000 Introduced in 1934, the federal duck stamp contest has raised more than $1.2 billion and protected at least 6.5 million acres across the nation. Now, an art exhibition at Connecticut’s Bruce Museum honors the competition’s history Full Article
year Scientists Unearth the Oldest Tadpole Fossil Ever Found, and It's a 161-Million-Year-Old 'Giant' By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 19:37:00 +0000 Found in a rock in Argentina, the six-inch-long tadpole sheds light on the history of frog metamorphosis Full Article
year The Nation's Oldest Schoolhouse for Black Children Will Open to the Public Next Year By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 20:30:07 +0000 Work is underway to restore the Bray School, which will be dedicated in a ceremony on Friday. The historic building in Colonial Williamsburg will open its doors in the spring of 2025 Full Article
year Scientists Reveal Rare 450-Million-Year-Old Arthropod Fossil Preserved in Glittering Fool’s Gold By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:08:02 +0000 The critter found in New York represents a new, extinct species of arthropod that could shed light on the evolution of today's insects, crustaceans and spiders Full Article
year Archaeologists Stumble Upon 900-Year-Old Door Guardian Statues in Cambodia By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:57:50 +0000 The team was analyzing the structure of a royal palace’s gate when they discovered 12 statues made out of sandstone Full Article
year Archaeologists Are Bewildered by a Skeleton Made From the Bones of at Least Eight People Who Died Thousands of Years Apart By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 18:44:51 +0000 Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study Full Article
year DNA Evidence Is Rewriting the Stories of Victims Who Perished in Pompeii Nearly 2,000 Years Ago By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:32:00 +0000 A new study has shattered historians' long-held assumptions about some of the people who died in Mount Vesuvius' eruption in 79 C.E. Full Article
year 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
year Best Shark Photographs from the Last Ten Years of Photo Contests By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 03:00:00 +0000 Getting the perfect shot requires great timing, the right equipment and nerves of steel Full Article
year With 45 years in business, this family's crafts are tied to N.L. traditions By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:27:53 EST The 50th Christmas Craft Fair gathered over a hundred vendors and thousands of customers in Torbay over the weekend. One family business was inspired by the early years of the fair and a passion to keep traditional crafts in style. Full Article News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador
year Power corporation relying less on diesel in the N.W.T.'s North Slave this year By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST The Northwest Territories Power Corporation expects that by the end of March it will have generated 72 per cent of power for the North Slave region using hydro, and 28 per cent from diesel. Last year, about half the region's power was from diesel because of low water levels. Full Article News/Canada/North
year 104-year-old Yukon woman looks back on life and love in wartime By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 09 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Wanita Johnson, who celebrates her birthday this weekend in Whitehorse, still has a sharp memory for how the Second World War helped shape her life. Full Article News/Canada/North
year Homeowner charged in connection with deadly house explosion in Whitehorse a year ago By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:03:31 EST A Whitehorse homeowner has been charged in connection with an explosion last year that destroyed his home and killed a man in a neighbouring house. Full Article News/Canada/North
year Nunavut's first legislative clerk, John Quirke, retires after 25 years By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 18:06:54 EST John Quirke stayed in the job for 25 years — with a front row seat to Nunavut's politics as he managed the operations of the assembly and acted as the principal adviser for MLAs on parliamentary procedure among other things. Full Article News/Canada/North
year Why a Minnesota Man Walked Around the World, Traversing 13 Countries and 14,450 Miles in Four Years By www.smithsonianmag.com Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 09:15:00 +0000 Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along the way, he met Princess Grace of Monaco, raised money for UNICEF and lost a brother to bandits Full Article
year N.B. Power wins long fight to raise rates 19 per cent over 2 years By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 13:10:20 EST N.B. Power has won approval to keep charging rates that it increased on customers by an average of 9.25 on April 1, and to repeat the increase next April, with only minor modifications. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
year N.B. military history stitched in red on 110-year-old quilt By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 05:00:00 EST The New Brunswick Military History Museum is in possession of a unique piece of history that was once used to raise money for frontline soldiers. Full Article News/Canada/New Brunswick
year China Pastry in Regina has a 30-year legacy By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 07:00:00 EST Many of the buns sold at China Pastry are classics you would find in bakeries in Hong Kong and Chinatowns all over the world. It's taken decades of hard work, but owners Sally and Tony Wong say they've established a nice flow together over the years. Full Article
year Gun violence is on the rise in Canada. In parts of the Greater Toronto Area, it's a record-breaking year By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST Families are grappling with the consequences of growing gun violence in Hamilton and across the Greater Toronto Area this year. Several of the region's police forces have warned of an alarming rise in shootings since January. Full Article News/Canada
year I buried my memories of serving in Afghanistan. 15 years later, I found peace unexpectedly By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sat, 25 May 2024 04:00:00 EDT Trevor Lewis was a corporal in the Canadian Armed Forces who tried to bury the memories from his deployment in Afghanistan. They all came back in 2021 after the fall of Kabul. This story is how he made peace with his time in that country. Full Article News/Canada/Calgary
year P.E.I. man sentenced to nearly 6 years for 'reprehensible' offences including making child pornography By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:42:19 EST A man from Queens County has been sentenced to five years and nine months in federal prison for charges including making and transmitting child pornography, voyeurism and intercepting private communications. Full Article News/Canada/PEI
year 16-year-old hit by an SUV and then attacked with a sword in Cobalt assault, police reveal By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:26:56 EST An 18-year-old man is scheduled to make a court appearance on Tuesday, after being charged by the OPP with attempted murder and aggravated assault on a 16-year-old female victim. The charges follow a violent incident in Cobalt, Ont., on Nov 3. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury
year 100-year-old veteran in Sudbury was out selling poppies up until his recent passing By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:01:53 EST Max Topolnisky, a 100-year-old Second World War veteran, was out selling poppies for the Lockerby Legion in Sudbury, Ont., two days before he died, on Nov. 1, 2024. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury
year 18-year-old charged with attempted murder in Cobalt makes first court appearance By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 12:07:15 EST An 18-year-old man charged with attempted murder in a small northern Ontario community made a brief court appearance today by video, and remains in custody. Meanwhile, community members gathered outside the courthouse for a rally. Full Article News/Canada/Sudbury
year Corruption revelations, Trump presidency loom over this year's COP climate conference By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 04:00:00 EST The crowning achievement at last year's COP climate conference in Dubai was a global consensus on the need to "transition away from fossil fuels." This year, the conference had not even started yet before BBC News exposed senior organizers of using the event to arrange potential deals for fossil fuel expansion. The recent election of Donald Trump in the U.S. has added an additional layer of uncertainty to this year's meeting. Full Article News/World
year Coaches O'Shea, Dinwiddie ready for 2nd Grey Cup meeting in 3 years By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:10:23 EST Ryan Dinwiddie and the Toronto Argonauts have been down this road before. Toronto will be minus starting quarterback Chad Kelly, the CFL's outstanding player last season, on Sunday when it faces the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the Grey Cup. Full Article News/Canada/Manitoba
year Hamilton council defers vote on banning encampments in parks to next year By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:45:37 EST City will wait for legal advice, staff report before voting early next year to avoid potential rights violations. While some people in the community argue Hamilton doesn't have enough shelter beds to justifiably remove encampments, others say they feel unsafe in their homes and unable to access parks. Full Article News/Canada/Hamilton
year Family behind Lindley's Farm and Market retiring after 180 years in the Hamilton area By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 17:16:31 EST Lindley's Farm and Market in Hamilton will be "winding down" operations after 180 years of operations, including selling locally grown produce and offering activities to the community. Full Article News/Canada/Hamilton
year Santa Claus parade moving to the mountain this year, closing some roads By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:55:29 EST Hamilton's Santa Claus Parade will take place on the mountain this year, starting on Upper Sherman Road at 2 p.m. on Saturday. Full Article News/Canada/Hamilton
year 16-year-old among 19 Canadian players gathering for CONCACAF Nations League pre-camp By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:20:21 EST Canada head coach Jesse Marsch has summoned 19 players, including York United FC teenager Shola Jimoh, to a camp in Toronto ahead of the full men's team gathering for the two-legged CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal later this month against Suriname. Full Article Sports/Soccer
year Bobby's Breakthrough: 6th time a charm as Forge FC's Smyrniotis named CPL coach of the year By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 21:40:11 EST Bobby Smyrniotis, shut out in five previous nominations, finally has a Coach of the Year Award to go with his four Canadian Premier League titles. Full Article Sports/Soccer/CPL
year CPL coach of the year finalist Benjamin Mora parts ways with York United FC By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:28:08 EST Benjamin Mora, a finalist for Canadian Premier League coach of the year, has left York United FC after five months and 22 matches at the helm. Full Article Sports/Soccer/CPL
year Man, 25, charged with 2nd-degree murder after 51-year-old man found dead in Guelph apartment By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:25:35 EST On Tuesday, officers were checking on the well-being of a tenant in an apartment on Woolwich Street near Speedvale Avenue when they found the man's body. He was pronounced dead on scene. Police believe he died on or about Oct. 21. Full Article News/Canada/Kitchener-Waterloo