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Found in a cremation cemetery in Belgium, the skeleton includes bones dating to the Neolithic period and a Roman-era skull, according to a new study| Smithsonian Magazine
Theresa Machemer is a freelance writer based in Washington DC. Her work has also appeared in National Geographic and SciShow. Website: tkmach.com| Smithsonian Magazine
Sonja Anderson is a writer and reporter based in Chicago.| Smithsonian Magazine
Kat Eschner is a freelance science and culture journalist based in Toronto.| Smithsonian Magazine
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The Dutch seized the majority of the items in the aftermath of a brutal 1906 conflict that killed an estimated 1,000 Balinese| Smithsonian Magazine
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Aging parasitologists are working hard to inspire more students to enter the field| Smithsonian Magazine
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On Twitter and Facebook, which spreads quickest: joy, sadness or disgust?| Smithsonian Magazine
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Technology has advanced sports including fencing and pole vaulting| Smithsonian Magazine
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Psychologists say you can't confirm deception by the way a person acts—but experts are zeroing in other methods that might actually work| Smithsonian Magazine
A slew of factors—its acidity, its lack of water and the presence of hydrogen peroxide—work in perfect harmony, allowing the sticky treat to last forever| Smithsonian Magazine
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The already-dilapidated S.S. Point Reyes suffered more damage during the recent storms that pummeled the coast| Smithsonian Magazine
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For centuries, the wild delicacy grew only in Europe. But improved cultivation techniques have enabled the pricey fungus to be farmed in new places.| Smithsonian Magazine
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The young visionary dreamed up a homemade headset that may transform everything from gaming to medical treatment to engineering—and beyond| Smithsonian Magazine
While Boston landmarks like the Old North Church still stand, the Liberty Tree, gone for nearly 250 years, has been lost to history| Smithsonian Magazine
A new book from historian Sarah Churchwell examines the etymologies of two ubiquitous phrases| Smithsonian Magazine
The land mass was once a peninsula in Lake Baringo, but rising waters turned it into a muddy island| Smithsonian Magazine
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"I haven't written anything for three years," he admitted in the note, which will go to auction this summer| Smithsonian Magazine
When the Xerox 914 entered offices, the working world changed forever| Smithsonian Magazine
For almost as long as there have been automobiles, recreational vehicles have been traversing America| Smithsonian Magazine
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The self-taught artist is getting her first museum exhibition in New York City, where she nurtured her nascent interest in photography| Smithsonian Magazine
Behind the scenes of the brutal crimes lurking throughout Quentin Tarantino's new film, 'Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood'| Smithsonian Magazine
Scientists estimate that Nördlingen and the surrounding area contain approximately 72,000 tons of the gemstone| Smithsonian Magazine
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Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries| Smithsonian Magazine
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The outbreak was far deadlier than COVID-19, but the empire survived| Smithsonian Magazine
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The gaudy top went from practical necessity to vintage treasure| Smithsonian Magazine
Even in the age of Fifty Shades of Grey, the 18th-century libertine is as shocking as ever| Smithsonian Magazine
The seashore used to be a scary place, then it became a place of respite and vacation. What happened?| Smithsonian Magazine
Edward Whymper had tried seven times to reach the top of the Matterhorn. He made it on the eighth try–at great cost| Smithsonian Magazine
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The movie contributed to a rise in shark trophy hunting| Smithsonian Magazine
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One activist thought celebrating the founding of the nation would be better spent as a "a quiet day under the trees"| Smithsonian Magazine
Despite the pain, millions of Chinese women stood firm in their devotion to the tradition| Smithsonian Magazine
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The North’s fruitful partnership with Liberian farmers fueled a steady supply of an essential beverage| Smithsonian Magazine
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The Picasso Museum in Paris has released a digital portal featuring the Spanish painter and sculptor's art| Smithsonian Magazine
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Researchers spent three years developing a machine learning model that can predict how good beer will taste based on its chemical composition—and make suggestions for how to improve it| Smithsonian Magazine
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In the late 16th century, the enigmatic warrior fought alongside a feudal lord dubbed the "Great Unifier"| Smithsonian Magazine
The small hopping insect Issus coleoptratus uses toothed gears on its joints to precisely synchronize the kicks of its hind legs as it jumps forward| Smithsonian Magazine
Blind since he was very young, Daniel Kish is the world's foremost proponent of using vocal clicks to navigate| Smithsonian Magazine
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Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently—and in a crowd| Smithsonian Magazine
From bucolic swaths of wine country to Parthenon-inspired architecture, you can expect to encounter the continent's highlights here| Smithsonian Magazine
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For more than 150 years, Heidelberg locals and tourists have enjoyed the "Studentenkuss," or Student Kiss—a praline nougat on a waffle wafer covered in dark chocolate| Smithsonian Magazine
Walking on two legs distinguished the first hominids from other apes, but scientists still aren't sure why our ancestors became bipedal| Smithsonian Magazine
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As humans' closest hibernating relative, learning from the critters could also make emergency surgery safer and inform metabolic disease research| Smithsonian Magazine
More than seventy-five years ago, the atomic blasts killed an estimated 200,000 people| Smithsonian Magazine
Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.| Smithsonian Magazine
A team of scientists sequenced genomes from people who lived in a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C.| Smithsonian Magazine
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Headlines from The New York Times reveal how the nation and the world commemorated Independence Day in what had already been a tumultuous year| Smithsonian Magazine
Advocates call it a “Kitty Hawk moment” for the flying package business.| Smithsonian Magazine
New research may have found the reason why the ship struck an iceberg: light refraction| Smithsonian Magazine
The Coastal Discovery Museum’s upcoming exhibit will highlight the untold story of Santa Elena, the first European Colonial Capital in North America.| Smithsonian Magazine
Predating Stonehenge by 6,000 years, Turkey's stunning Gobekli Tepe upends the conventional view of the rise of civilization| Smithsonian Magazine
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Frederick Jackson Turner’s thesis informed decades of scholarship and culture. Then he realized he was wrong| Smithsonian Magazine
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The purpose of such an elaborate structure remains a big open question| Smithsonian Magazine
Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin| Smithsonian Magazine
One of Dahomeys' women warriors, with a musket, club, dagger—and her enemy's severed head.| Smithsonian Magazine
Over the last 21 years, debris burning, arson and campfires have combined with climate change to make the fire season much longer| Smithsonian Magazine
Deep in the jungle, an intrepid scholar locates a symbol of power and mystery| Smithsonian Magazine
