https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/latest_articles/RSS feed for with the latest articlesenMon, 09 Dec 2024 20:05:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-scientists-project-2024-will-be-the-hottest-year-on-record-and-the-first-to-pass-15-degrees-celsius-of-warming-180985614/After November 2024 was the second warmest November in the books, experts say the year is "effectively certain" to break the heat record set by 2023Mon, 09 Dec 2024 20:05:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/polarization-is-merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2024-180985610/The winning word beat out finalists such as "demure," "pander," "totality," "fortnight," "allision" and "democracy"Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:39:10 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/the-discovery-of-a-jewish-teenagers-holocaust-diary-reveals-how-songs-jokes-and-stories-served-as-cultural-resistance-180985604/Yitskhok Rudashevski documented his life while hiding from Nazis, as well as folklore told in his community that “must be collected and preserved as a treasure for the future”Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-rare-caravaggio-portrait-was-hidden-away-for-years-now-visitors-can-see-it-in-person-for-the-first-time-180985598/The 17th-century painting, which may depict a young Pope Urban VIII, wasn't officially attributed to the renowned Baroque artist until the 1960sMon, 09 Dec 2024 18:56:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-see-apex-the-worlds-most-expensive-dinosaur-fossil-on-display-at-a-new-york-city-museum-180985606/The largest and most complete Stegosaurus specimen sold for a record-setting price in July, and it is currently on loan to the American Museum of Natural History for four yearsMon, 09 Dec 2024 18:20:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-trove-of-gold-coins-stolen-from-300-year-old-florida-shipwrecks-has-been-recovered-by-investigators-180985586/Contracted divers found 101 gold coins from the wreckage of a Spanish fleet in 2015, but they only reported 51 to authorities. Now, 37 of the stolen coins have been foundMon, 09 Dec 2024 15:29:14 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-ten-best-science-books-of-2024-180985592/From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this yearMon, 09 Dec 2024 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/chaotic-traffic-from-horse-drawn-carriages-inspired-the-worlds-first-traffic-lights-180985558/Initial reactions to the signal, installed in London on this day in 1868, were mixed. Then, a freak accident scrapped the project entirely after just a monthMon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-woman-appeared-on-the-english-stage-for-the-first-time-on-this-day-in-1660-transforming-the-world-of-theater-forever-180985557/Despite this historic first, the identity of the first professional English actress on stage remains a theatrical mysterySun, 08 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/when-instant-replay-debuted-during-the-broadcast-of-a-college-football-game-in-1963-it-revolutionized-the-way-we-watch-sports-180985516/Piloting the new technology was a risky move in front of the national audience that watched the Army-Navy showdown on this day in 1963Sat, 07 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000