Another Mysterious Roman Dodecahedron Has Been Unearthed in England (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A Roman dodecahedron, a mysterious 12-sided metal object, was discovered in the village of Norton Disney in England....
Seabed Trawling May Be Spewing Huge Amounts of CO2 Into the Atmosphere (www.smithsonianmag.com)
A New Project Uses Isotopes to Pinpoint the Birthplaces of the Enslaved (www.smithsonianmag.com)
In South Carolina, members of the local Black community are teaming up with scientists to produce a novel study of the trans-Atlantic slave trade...
Miners Discover Seven-Foot Mammoth Tusk in North Dakota (www.smithsonianmag.com)
After coal mine workers found the 50-pound specimen, paleontologists studied the site and uncovered more than 20 additional bones...
Extremely rare half-female, half-male bird spotted in Colombia for the first time in more than 100 years (www.smithsonianmag.com)
The green honeycreeper is only the second of its species ever observed with this condition—and the first recorded in more than 100 years...
The Scientist Using Bugs to Help Solve Murders. At crime scenes around the world, the forensic entomologist Paola Magni is taking her field into uncharted waters (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Paola Magni didn’t plan on getting involved in her most infamous case. As a forensic entomologist, she researches how insects and related creatures found at crime scenes can help investigators solve mysteries. She frequently works with public health officials and coroners, who, perhaps surprisingly, are often repelled by...