Ernest Shackleton's Last Ship, Quest, Discovered Off the Coast of Canada(smithsonianmag.com)

88 points by pseudolus 2 years ago | 31 comments

Researchers find high levels of lead, mercury and arsenic in Beethoven's hair(smithsonianmag.com)

128 points by marban 2 years ago | 91 comments

Butterflies flew 2,600 miles across the Atlantic without stopping(smithsonianmag.com)

201 points by raybb 2 years ago | 75 comments

Thousands of Pablo Picasso’s works in a new online archive(smithsonianmag.com)

191 points by bookofjoe 2 years ago | 32 comments

19th-Century ‘Toy Book’ Used Science to Prove That Ghosts Were an Illusion(smithsonianmag.com)

57 points by prismatic 2 years ago | 37 comments

Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981(smithsonianmag.com)

454 points by elsewhen 1 year ago | 248 comments

Smithsonian Magazine news article on Voyager 1 resuming contact with NASA using a backup radio transmitter unused since 1981.