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Back in the 19th Century, Your Election Ballot Could Double as a Work of Art

November 23, 2024

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats and Republicans to turn American ballots into powerful propaganda A selection of ballots from the 1860s shows a variety of…

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The Enterprising Woman Who Built—and Lost, and Rebuilt—a Booming Empire During the Klondike Gold Rush

November 23, 2024

With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier

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Rug-of-War

August 11, 2024

For nearly thirty years, Afghani weavers have incorporated images of war into hand-woven rugs

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A Lesser-Known Psychedelic Drug Shows Promise for PTSD Treatment

January 22, 2024

Researchers have previously studied ibogaine as a potential treatment for opioid or cocaine dependence. While the recent study is one of the earliest to investigate ibogaine in relation to PTSD, the psychedelic…

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Smithsonian Podcast: Get Off My Lawn

July 21, 2023

The history of the American lawn

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These Iron Age Swedish Warriors Were Laid to Rest on Luxurious Feather Bedding

April 21, 2021

Researchers say the various types of bird feathers used may hold symbolic significance {read}

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For the First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works Will Enter the Public Domain

December 20, 2018

We can blame Mickey Mouse for the long wait. In 1998, Disney was one of the loudest in a choir of corporate voices advocating for longer copyright protections. At the…

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Grandma Turned Me into a Ghost

October 3, 2017

Who were the very first people who helped solidify your identity? The people who really influenced the way you see yourself and how you interact with the world? For most of us,…

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The Soprano Who Upended Americans’ Racist Stereotypes About Who Could Sing Opera

August 30, 2017

Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield was in many ways the nation’s first black pop star

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What Happens to Fiction When Our Worst Climate Nightmares Start Coming True?

June 14, 2017

Movies, books and poetry have made predictions about a future that could be rapidly approaching {read}

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