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50 Things We’ve Learned About Earth Since 1970 | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian Magazine
On April 22, 1970, Americans pledged environmental action for the planet. Here’s what scientists and we, the global community, have done since By Smithsonian magazine SMITHSONIANMAG.COM | April 22, 2020, 7:20 a.m When Gaylord Nelson stepped up to the podium in April 1970, his voice rang with powerful purpose. The Wisconsin senator set forth a…
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How to Germinate Seeds for Your Garden Using an Instant Pot | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine
Hack your way to planting success with the popular kitchen appliance By Lindsay Campbell, Modern Farmer smithsonianmag.comApril 12, 2021 In recent years, the Instant Pot has soared in popularity as a one-stop shop for pressure-cooking, sautéing, steaming and boiling. Its multi-uses have made it a useful appliance to easily prepare anything from rice to pot-roast.…
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Listening to Nature Gives You a Real Rocky Mountain High | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
Sounds like birdsong and flowing water may alleviate stress, help lower blood pressure and lead to feelings of tranquility A creek runs by moss-covered rocks not far From Sol Duc Falls in Olympic National Park. Researchers have found that listening to natural sounds like running water may benefit human health. (Naphat Photography via Getty Images)…
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Eight of Literature’s Most Powerful Inventions—and the Neuroscience Behind How They Work | Innovation | Smithsonian Magazine
These reoccuring story elements have proven effects on our imagination, our emotions and other parts of our psyche By Angus Fletcher, smithsonianmag.comMarch 10, 2021 Shortly after 335 B.C., within a newly built library tucked just east of Athens’ limestone city walls, a free-thinking Greek polymath by the name of Aristotle gathered up an armful of…
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Polar Bears Live on the Edge of the Climate Change Crisis | Science | Smithsonian Magazine
Photographs by Neil Ever Osborne; Text by Neil Ever Osborne and Mark Jacquemain SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE | March 2021 On the bay this fall morning, there’s a wind-carved rim of ice and a gathering of floes. One male polar bear, bony after a season without seal blubber, struggles along the slushy edge, haunches soaked, nearly slipping…
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Cultivating America’s Gardens: Smithsonian Libraries
“Americans have been making gardens forever, constantly innovating and experimenting as they work the soil. Amateurs and professionals, young and old, schoolchildren and scientists — Americans of every sort have put their backs into gardening. And for a variety of motives: beauty, food, science, prestige.” Thanks to The Scout Report for the link… Source: Smithsonian…
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Women Who Shape History: Education Resources | History | Smithsonian
For use in the classroom or your community, a list of lesson plans and other teaching materials on women’s history in America Source: Women Who Shape History: Education Resources | History | Smithsonian
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Community of Gardens
Community of Gardens is the Smithsonian’s digital home for sharing and preserving the stories of gardens and the gardeners who make them grow. Source: Community of Gardens
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Smithsonian Institution | institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Britannica.com
” Smithsonian Institution, research institution founded by the bequest of James Smithson, an English scientist. Smithson, who died in 1829, had stipulated in his will that should his nephew and heir himself die without issue, his remaining assets would pass to the United States and be used…
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America in Color | Smithsonian Channel
Witness American history, from the 1920s through the 1960s, like it’s never been seen before — in vibrant color. Editor’s Note: If you get this channel, this show is recommended viewing… Source: America in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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A Guide to Hemingway’s Paris | Travel | Smithsonian
From writing haunts to favorite bars, follow the ex-pat author’s steps through Paris Source: A Guide to Hemingway’s Paris | Travel | Smithsonian
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Search | Collections | Freer and Sackler Galleries
Welcome to Phase 1 of Open F|S, the complete digitized collections of the Freer and Sackler Galleries and the Freer Study Collection. With more than 40,000 works being made available for high-resolution download—expanding regularly with our new acquisitions—you can explore the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art from anywhere in the world, whenever you like. Images…
