Hackernews posts about Smithsonian

1. New Optical Scan Results from the Smithsonian Volta Laboratory Collection (2013) (web.archive.org)
   1 points by gone35 21 days ago | discuss
2. Bumblebee queens breathe underwater to survive drowning (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   202 points by 1659447091 24 days ago | 55 comments
3. The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   115 points by randycupertino 20 days ago | 59 comments
4. Czech Man's Stone in Barn's Foundations Is Rare Bronze Age Spearhead Mold (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   84 points by bookofjoe 22 days ago | 42 comments
5. French Bees Are Making M&M-Contaminated Blue and Green Honey (2012) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   15 points by thunderbong 21 days ago | discuss
6. A Cider-Can 'Camera' Captured Eight Years in a Single Photograph (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   11 points by thunderbong 23 days ago | discuss
7. Has there been any significant progress on using AI to talk to animals? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   6 points by evolve2k 3 days ago | 2 comments
8. A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   6 points by 1659447091 1 day ago | discuss
9. That Vanished (2010) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   5 points by downbad_ 1 day ago | 1 comments
10. Caterpillars Vibrate to Complex Rhythms to Communicate with Ants (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    4 points by m-hodges 9 days ago | discuss
11. Some People's Brains Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    4 points by speckx 12 days ago | discuss
12. Sweat of Tourists Has Covered Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Fresco in White Film (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    4 points by bookofjoe 28 days ago | discuss
13. A Cat Left Paw Prints on the Pages of This Medieval Manuscript (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by jruohonen 13 days ago | discuss
14. Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. AI Was Used to Figure Out How to Play (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by mci 23 days ago | discuss
15. World's Longest Outdoor Escalator Opened in China – Takes 20 Minutes to Ascend (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by sarimkx about 18 hours ago | 1 comments
16. Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin–Then Reverse Its Rotation (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by pseudolus about 20 hours ago | discuss
17. Solution to CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is found in Smithsonian vault (www.nytimes.com)
    158 points by elahieh 6 months ago | 133 comments
18. Smithsonian Open Access (www.si.edu)
    82 points by bookofjoe 6 months ago | 11 comments
19. Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo (www.si.edu)
    79 points by gmays about 2 months ago | 25 comments
20. Executive order on Smithsonian targets funding programs with 'improper ideology' (apnews.com)
    72 points by petethomas about 1 year ago | 35 comments
21. Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle (arstechnica.com)
    44 points by LorenDB 8 months ago | 26 comments
22. A Study of the Winston Red: The Smithsonian's New Fancy Red Diamond (www.gia.edu)
    30 points by bookofjoe 10 months ago | 1 comments
23. Remove improper ideology: Vance tasked with purging the Smithsonian Institution (www.salon.com)
    24 points by zfg about 1 year ago | 6 comments
24. Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian (arstechnica.com)
    21 points by pseudolus 9 months ago | 1 comments
25. "A heist": Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian (arstechnica.com)
    20 points by LorenDB 9 months ago | 4 comments
26. Trump's BBB has $85M to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas (www.space.com)
    17 points by zzzeek 9 months ago | 6 comments
27. Why are two TX senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian? (arstechnica.com)
    17 points by pmags 12 months ago | 4 comments
28. Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on 'How Bad Slavery Was' (www.nytimes.com)
    16 points by jpster 8 months ago | 4 comments
29. Trump orders 'ideological' cleanup of Smithsonian museums (english.elpais.com)
    14 points by geox about 1 year ago | 1 comments
30. White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions (www.nytimes.com)
    12 points by mitchbob 8 months ago | 3 comments
31. Executive order slams Smithsonian for recognizing race is not biological reality (arstechnica.com)
    10 points by rntn about 1 year ago | 3 comments
32. Assault on the Smithsonian: The goal is to reframe the culture of the US (www.theguardian.com)
    10 points by rbanffy 3 months ago | discuss
33. Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum (www.washingtonpost.com)
    9 points by donutshop 8 months ago | 2 comments
34. White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump's Historical Vision (www.wsj.com)
    9 points by colinprince 8 months ago | 1 comments
35. The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit (apnews.com)
    7 points by gverrilla 8 months ago | discuss
36. Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions (www.whitehouse.gov)
    5 points by ItsBeenAwhile 8 months ago | discuss
37. Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian' (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn 6 months ago | 1 comments
38. Help Seed the Smithsonian Archive (neuromatch.social)
    4 points by keyboardJones 8 months ago | 1 comments
39. A CIA secret kept for 35 years found in the Smithsonian's archives (www.business-standard.com)
    4 points by pbshgthm 6 months ago | discuss
40. How the Balloon-Borne "Flying Lawn Chair" Got into the Smithsonian (2019) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by thomassmith65 7 months ago | 1 comments
41. Smithsonian Fights Back Against $85M Space Shuttle Kipnapping to Texas (www.jalopnik.com)
    3 points by zzzeek 9 months ago | discuss
42. How the Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab Saves Lives (www.washingtonian.com)
    3 points by gmays over 1 year ago | discuss
43. Smithsonian museum to return 3 bronzes to India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
    2 points by gnabgib 2 months ago | discuss
44. The Ten Best Science Books of 2024 [Suggested on the Smithsonian] (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by mdp2021 over 1 year ago | discuss
45. Human Lifespan Might Be About to Hit a Ceiling, Experts Say – Smithsonian (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by rbanffy over 1 year ago | discuss
46. How the Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab Saves Lives (www.washingtonian.com)
    2 points by bookofjoe almost 2 years ago | discuss