Firefighting planes are dumping ocean water on the Los Angeles fires − why using saltwater is typically a last resort Continue reading The Conversation: Why don’t we use the ocean to fight fires?
Walter Littlejohn joined Smithsonian Journeys, the Smithsonian’s travel division, as senior vice president Jan. 6. Continue reading 30-year veteran of the travel industry joins Smithsonian Journeys
The Office of Visitor Services is pleased to announce an update to Smithsonian Directive 208: Standards of Conduct Regarding Smithsonian Volunteers, dated December 20, 2024. Continue reading Policy Update: Standards of Conduct Regarding Smithsonian Volunteers
We advise you to stay home. Continue reading Traffic Advisory: Presidential Inauguration and Inaugural Events
You can’t get there from here. Continue reading Traffic Advisory: Presidential Inauguration and Inaugural Events
Alice Tangerini is the winner of the OCIO Winter Windows Lock Screen Photo Contest with this beautiful shot of the Smithsonian Castle. Continue reading Congratulations to Alice Tangerini!
Climate change is making plants less nutritious − that could already be hurting animals that are grazers. (It’s not as if bamboo is a nutritious superfood to begin with.) Continue reading The Conversation: Climate change is making plants less nutritious
Deadline for submission is February 7 Continue reading Nominations are now open: 2025 Smithsonian Education Awards
From naming a new horned dinosaur species to creating a roadmap to protect biodiversity on the moon, Smithsonian scientists were busy in 2024. Continue reading The Smithsonian’s top seven scientific achievements of 2024
In Memoriam: James Earl Carter Continue reading In Memoriam: James Earl Carter
Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen. Voting ends Sunday, September 21st! Continue reading Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen
(Ed. note: We should note that it's never wise to stand behind a cow, even a buttery one. Cow pies never win blue ribbons.) Continue reading Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition
More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive
Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down
