4 stories tagged smithsonian, newest first.
139 points by Hooke | 55 comments
Smithsonian magazine article on how archaeologists reconstruct perishable Stone Age fiber technologies like rope, thread and twine from the traces they left.
43 points by benbreen | 21 comments
Smithsonian magazine article on research suggesting Elizabeth I's male secretaries revised and intensified emotion in her letters to figures like Mary, Queen of Scots.
864 points by bookofjoe | 184 comments
Smithsonian magazine article about 14-year-old Miles Wu, whose Miura-ori origami variant holds 10,000 times its weight, aimed at emergency shelter design.
477 points by Brajeshwar | 125 comments
Smithsonian Magazine Smart News article presenting four new highest-resolution images ever captured of the sun's entire surface, each made of 25 combined shots.