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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > stealing-candy-from-children-splash-proof-urinals-and-buried-panties-oh-my-here-are-the-winners-of-the-2026-ig-nobel-prizes-180989463

Stealing Candy From Children, Splash-Proof Urinals and Buried Panties, Oh My! Here Are the Winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes

5+ day, 20+ hour ago   (739+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent You’re probably familiar with the Nobel Prizes, some of the most prestigious awards. While the world eagerly awaits who will earn those prizes this year, some researchers are currently celebrating the winners of playful—yet still…...


smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > a-mysterious-decagon-unexpectedly-appeared-around-saturns-south-pole-the-ten-sided-shape-seems-to-be-a-wave-in-the-atmosphere-180989449

A Mysterious Decagon Unexpectedly Appeared Around Saturn's South Pole. The Ten-Sided Shape Seems to Be a Wave in the Atmosphere

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (460+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent Many people are used to envisioning the universe in terms of rounded shapes: think spherical bodies and elliptical orbits. But the geometry of the cosmos is more complex than that. In a study published yesterday in…...


smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > archaeologists-in-denmark-discover-rare-fragments-of-1300-year-old-clothing-preserved-inside-viking-age-grave-180989419

Archaeologists in Denmark Discover Rare Fragments of 1,300-Year-Old Clothing Preserved Inside a Viking Age Grave

2+ week, 2+ hour 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…...


smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > this-15-foot-python-is-the-first-known-snake-to-receive-electrochemotherapy-for-cancer-now-shes-officially-free-of-the-disease-180989385

This 15-Foot Python Is the First Known Snake to Receive Electrochemotherapy for Cancer. Now, She's Officially Free of the Disease

3+ week, 10+ min 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…...


smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > a-towering-182-feet-tall-statue-in-rural-poland-now-tallest-virgin-mary-in-europe-locals-hope-it-will-become-tourist-destination-180989364

A Towering 182-Feet-Tall Statue in Rural Poland Is Now the Tallest Virgin Mary in All of Europe. Locals Hope It Will Become a Tourist Destination

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (330+ words) Sarah Kuta | Daily Correspondent A towering statue of the Virgin Mary now stands guard over a small, remote village in Poland. The statue itself is 133 feet tall, and its crown-shaped base adds an additional 49 feet. It is believed to be…...


smithsonianmag.com > smithsonian-institution > see-the-cutest-photos-of-three-red-panda-cubs-born-at-the-smithsonians-conservation-biology-institute-this-year-180989351

See the Cutest Photos of Three Red Panda Cubs Born at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute This Year

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (607+ words) Carlyn Kranking | Associate Web Editor, Science At one of her earliest medical check-ups, the female red panda cub stayed pretty quiet. But that changed when animal care staff moved her or did something she didn’t like. Then, she would let…...


smithsonianmag.com > history > this-connecticut-teenager-spied-on-the-british-during-the-american-revolution-succeeding-where-nathan-hale-failed-180989309

This Connecticut Teenager Spied on the British During the American Revolution, Succeeding Where Nathan Hale Failed

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (756+ words) A Smithsonian magazine special report Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks But few Americans know that a second spy from Connecticut, David Maltbie, took on the same mission as Hale around the very same time, succeeding where his better-known counterpart…...