Rudy Watley and Syvera O’Pharrow explain why it is important to think outside the Big Box Store when it comes to purchasing goods and services. Continue reading Diversity is never in short supply at the Smithsonian
It took Magellan four years to circle the globe, but we can cross oceans in hours and reach the other side of the world in a day. But just as diseases such as smallpox and measles and chicken pox hitched a ride with early explorers to wreak havoc in the New World, globalization means that worldwide pandemics can be just an airplane flight away. A new exhibition offers insight and practical advice into avoiding global epidemics. Continue reading Going viral: OUTBREAK weighs the risk of epidemics in a connected world
What do a 500-year-old travelogue, a sandstone castle and a recipe for cooking wolves have in common? Ask the deputy director of Smithsonian Libraries. Continue reading A few of my favorite things: Mary Augusta Thomas
Make no bones about it–it was a newsy week for the skeleton set. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was July 15 – July 21, 2018
Nothing says summer on the Chesapeake Bay like crabs. The Environmental Research Center is looking for volunteers to do some serious crabbing–but you’ll probably want to forgo the drawn butter and Old Bay. Continue reading Citizen Scientists help tackle creepy threat to native crabs
This week, Philly cops are encouraged to take a field trip and Chinese mitten crabs are strongly discouraged from doing the same. Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was July 8 – July 14, 2018
As is traditional, the day of the Smithsonian Staff Picnic was blindingly hot and stiflingly humid, but as is also traditional, that didn’t keep everyone from having a great time! Continue reading The 2018 Smithsonian Staff Picnic
“Planet of the Apes” may turn out to be a documentary as we learned that capuchin monkeys have already entered the Stone Age. Keep looking over your shoulder… Continue reading ICYMI: Highlights from the week that was July 1 – July 7, 2018
Primate keeper Melba Brown takes us behind the scenes as baby western lowland gorilla Moke begins to explore his world.. Continue reading #Gorilla Story: Moke makes a move
Celebrate the legacy of a scientist who laid the groundwork for our journey to the stars. Continue reading Celebrate Henrietta Swan Leavitt’s 150th Birthday on July 4th
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
