Latest articles | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/latest_articles/RSS feed for with the latest articlesenThu, 05 Sep 2024 20:18:45 +0000Paris Mayor Wants to Keep the Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Towerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/paris-mayor-wants-to-keep-the-olympic-rings-on-the-eiffel-tower-180985027/Critics worry that the symbol will tarnish the iconic structure's historic characterThu, 05 Sep 2024 20:18:45 +0000Humans Pollute the Environment With 57 Million Tons of Plastic Each Year, Study Suggestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humans-pollute-the-environment-with-57-million-tons-of-plastic-each-year-study-suggests-180985026/Scientists used A.I. to model local waste management in 50,000 municipalities worldwide and say the results suggest a need to improve access to waste collection systemsThu, 05 Sep 2024 20:00:50 +0000Phoenix Shatters Heat Record With 100 Consecutive Days Above 100 Degreeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/phoenix-shatters-heat-record-with-100-consecutive-days-above-100-degrees-180985028/Forecasts show no relief from the extreme heat over the next few weeks, which promises to extend the streak far beyond the previous high of 76 days set in 1993Thu, 05 Sep 2024 18:13:17 +0000You Can Stay at the Club Where the Beatles Played Some of Their Earliest Gigshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-stay-at-the-club-where-the-beatles-played-some-of-their-earliest-gigs-180985007/One-time Beatle Pete Best and his brother have turned the legendary Casbah Coffee Club into an AirbnbThu, 05 Sep 2024 18:06:55 +0000An Ancient Asteroid Smashed Into Jupiter's Moon Ganymede and Tipped It Over, Study Findshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/an-ancient-asteroid-smashed-into-jupiters-moon-ganymede-and-tipped-it-over-study-finds-180985024/The cataclysmic impactor was 20 times the size of the rock that wiped out the dinosaurs on EarthThu, 05 Sep 2024 17:17:53 +0000Money Is Art in an Exhibition at Oxford's Ashmolean Museumhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/money-is-art-in-an-exhibition-from-oxfords-ashmolean-museum-180984977/"Money Talks" features currency from around the world spanning thousands of years—from ancient coins and historic banknotes to contemporary NFTsThu, 05 Sep 2024 16:53:49 +0000Robots Are Coming to the Kitchen. What Does This Mean for Everyday Life?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robots-are-coming-to-the-kitchen-what-does-this-mean-for-everyday-life-180985013/Can automated restaurants still be community and cultural spaces, or will they become feeding stations for humans? These and other questions loom as new food tech reaches the marketThu, 05 Sep 2024 12:30:00 +0000Readers Respond to the July/August 2024 Issuehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/magazine/readers-respond-to-the-julyaugust-2024-issue-180984918/Your feedback on escaped hippos, coastal defenses and ancient culturesThu, 05 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000When a Trailblazing Suffragist and a Crusading Prosecutor Teamed Up to Expose an Election Conspiracyhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/trailblazing-suffragist-crusading-prosecutor-teamed-up-expose-election-conspiracy-180984903/An unlikely duo exposed political corruption in Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1914—and set a new precedent for fair voting across the countryThu, 05 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000A Century Ago, a Mob Brutally Attacked an American Diplomat in Persia. His Death Shaped U.S.-Iran Relations for Decadeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-century-ago-a-mob-brutally-attacked-an-american-diplomat-in-persia-his-death-shaped-us-iran-relations-for-decades-180985016/The July 1924 killing of Robert Imbrie fueled the rise of the Pahlavi dynasty and set the stage for both a CIA-backed 1953 coup and the 1979 Iran hostage crisisThu, 05 Sep 2024 10:15:00 +0000