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The Life of Agatha Christie, the World’s Best-Selling Novelist, Goes Under the Microscope at the British Library
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (354+ words) Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent “My darling, what a journey!” Agatha Christie wrote in a letter to her husband in 1930. The novelist was describing an eventful trip on the luxurious Orient Express, the 20th-century passenger train that ran between Paris and…...
The Tasmanian Tiger Was Branded a Livestock Killer. New Research Challenges That Myth
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (577+ words) Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent When European colonists settled in Tasmania some 200 years ago, they feared that thylacines, also known as Tasmanian tigers, would attack and kill their livestock. So, incentivized by government bounties, they killed as many of the striped…...
Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III Announces Retirement as Head of the Smithsonian After 38 Years of Service to the Institution
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (133+ words) Brian Wolly | Digital Editorial Director Bunch was named to the role by the Smithsonian Board of Regents in 2019, having most recently served as the founding director of the Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). In the…...
Archaeologists in Denmark Discover Rare Fragments of 1,300-Year-Old Clothing Preserved Inside a Viking Age Grave
1+ week, 6+ day ago (556+ words) Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a rare find: a Viking Age grave containing clothing fragments that have survived for roughly 1,300 years. The burial is located near Varde, a historic market town in southwestern Jutland, at the…...
This 15-Foot Python Is the First Known Snake to Receive Electrochemotherapy for Cancer. Now, She's Officially Free of the Disease
2+ week, 6+ day ago (446+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent England’s Chester Zoo is home to a very special 15-foot reticulated python. She is the first known snake to receive electrochemotherapy to help treat her cancer. And thanks to that therapy, she is now disease-free. The…...
Why Gen Z Is Learning to Paint Like 19th-Century Artists
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1162+ words) Claire Turrell | Travel Correspondent In London’s Hyde Park, young painters sit behind rows of wooden easels. Kicking off their sneakers on the picnic rugs and pulling down their baseball caps to keep the sun out of their eyes, they studiously…...
Discover Nevada’s Living and Abandoned Ghost Towns
1+ mon, 4+ hour ago (457+ words) These five former boomtowns invite you to step into the state’s mining history Nevada is home to more than 600 ghost towns. Most are vestiges of the region’s mining boom-and-bust era, which began with the discovery of gold near present-day Dayton…...
Lions, Lions and Lions, Oh My! 15 Photos of the Most Majestic Big Cats Found Throughout Africa
4+ week, 2+ day ago (72+ words) Travel | August 14, 2026 7:05 a.m. Out on safari, this tired lion lets out a big yawn after an early morning hunt. Text by Jess Daninhirsch Donny Bajohr | Read More Jess Daninhirsch is a reporting intern focusing on museums for Smithsonian magazine. Explore great…...
These Photos of Nashville Will Have You Packing Your Bags for Music City, USA
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (64+ words) Travel | July 24, 2026 8:00 a.m. Text by Jess Daninhirsch Allison Scates | Read More Jess Daninhirsch | Read More Jess Daninhirsch is a reporting intern focusing on museums for Smithsonian magazine. Explore great travel deals A Note to our Readers Smithsonian magazine participates in affiliate…...
Months After Burglars Stole Crown Jewels From the Louvre, the Apollo Gallery Reopens, Highlighting Its Origins as a Royal Reception Hall
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (353+ words) For the first time since thieves shocked the world by brazenly stealing crown jewels worth some $100 million from the Louvre last autumn, the museum reopened the scene of the crime to the public. Officials say they hope visitors will appreciate…...