Smithsonian Magazine

New research shows how the ancestors of the Barkindji people in Australia ritually added river mussel shells to a burial site for centuries after the dingo died, suggesting they cared for it deeply. bit.ly/4nBEi4G

Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier said he identified seven sets of crypto-hieroglyphs on the 75-foot-tall structure, which France received as a gift in 1836. bit.ly/4eVuyQC

Paleontologists in Thailand have identified a new dinosaur—and it may be the largest one ever unearthed in Southeast Asia. bit.ly/4tDpDHE

Frida Kahlo is rising from the dead at the Metropolitan Opera. bit.ly/49lW6ez

Nonviolence was a long-standing approach of King. He articulated this stance most publicly when arrested during the Birmingham campaign undertaken to desegregate the city’s institutions and places of business in 1963. bit.ly/3PBduoF

Born on this day in 1925 as Malcolm Little, the civil rights activist would go on to fight for Black self-determination and would catalyze the Black Power movement before his assassination in 1965. Today, he remains a towering figure. Discover more about the historical site and his enduring legacy: bit.ly/4dPpI6t 📸: Ammodramus / Wikimedia Commons

Scientists with the “de-extinction” company Colossal Biosciences say they have successfully hatched live chicks from artificial eggshells, which they claim is an important step toward their controversial goal of resurrecting extinct bird species like the dodo and the South Island giant moa. bit.ly/3PA9c0X

Hours after the attack, a police officer shot 16-year-old Johnny Robinson in the back. Then, a white teenager mortally injured 13-year-old Virgil Ware as he rode on the handlebars of his brother’s bike. bit.ly/43ec7Q2

Millions of squishy, bright blue blobs are washing ashore along the Pacific coast, creating a striking spectacle—and a pungent smell—on beaches in California, Oregon and Washington. bit.ly/4nE1HT2

For months, restorers worked in the modest church—which was built in the late 18th century by Filippo Fontana, an Italian architect, for Charles IV—to bring the faded artwork back to its original form. bit.ly/3Pozsvb

Archaeologists in England discovered the remains of a high-status woman in an elaborate Roman burial. bit.ly/4tLbRTt

Researchers tracked children's reactions to particular food exposure when they were fetuses, newborns and then 3-year-olds. bit.ly/4eS23U1

From the archive: Snowball produced 14 distinct dance moves. The authors of a paper examining his behavior noted that these were spontaneously generated by the bird, rather than copied from his owner. bit.ly/4dRrLXF

Even if you haven’t heard the name Richard Avedon, you may recognize his work. The photographer produced some of the most emblematic images of 20th-century America, capturing Hollywood icons and Vietnam War survivors alike. bit.ly/4dzq7ZB

On a typical Tuesday evening, Christopher Thuss was fishing on Lake Michigan off the coast of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, when something strange popped up on his sonar screen. bit.ly/4v1w3Si

Scientists have discovered a 59,000-year-old Neanderthal molar that appears to have been deliberately drilled to treat a cavity. bit.ly/4uhrcfI

According to a new study, people who are exposed to art on a weekly basis are about a year younger “biologically” than those exposed only once or twice per year. bit.ly/3Rcw330

When photographer Kati Dimoff picked up a roll of film from Blue Moon Camera and Machine in Portland, Oregon, she didn't know what to expect. When she got her prints, she found something extraordinary: the photos included images of the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980. bit.ly/3RdiVLb

These 10 museums will open new ways to experience, appreciate and understand the world around us. #InternationalMuseumDay bit.ly/43g3oN8

Amid the wide-ranging threats to salmon, conservationists are considering whether a tool known as the fish trap could help protect endangered populations. bit.ly/47XEfcU