Hackernews posts about Smithsonian

1. Sequoyah’s syllabary created a written language for the Cherokee (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   195 points by grahambargeron 26 days ago | 124 comments
2. Teenagers Stayed Overnight at Their School and Found Hidden Ancient Roman Ruins (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   194 points by thunderbong 26 days ago | 111 comments
3. German button maker searched rivers of American Midwest for valuable shells (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   163 points by bookofjoe 9 days ago | 51 comments
4. University of Oxford Is Older Than the Aztec Empire and Other Facts of History (2013) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   69 points by thunderbong 2 days ago | 19 comments
5. Can Printed 'Skin' Heal Burns and Prevent Scars? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   12 points by bookofjoe 7 days ago | discuss
6. Potatoes Reshaped People's DNA (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   5 points by Tomte 11 days ago | 1 comments
7. How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini into a Phenomenon (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   4 points by thunderbong 3 days ago | 1 comments
8. The Sperm Whale's Deadly Call (2011) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   4 points by EndXA 12 days ago | discuss
9. The 1973 Party Where Hip-Hop Began (www.smithsonianmag.com)
   4 points by bookofjoe 20 days ago | discuss
10. 100 Years Ago, Students Took the First SAT. Where Is It Headed? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by pseudolus 13 days ago | discuss
11. A Team of Meteorologists and Combat Pilots Set Out to Understand Thunderstorms (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by sohkamyung 14 days ago | discuss
12. Hidden Tunnels Dating Back to Henry VIII's Reign Discovered at Boarding School (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by bookofjoe 16 days ago | discuss
13. A Chin-Stroking Mystery: Why Are Humans the Only Animals with Chins? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by thunderbong 17 days ago | discuss
14. The History of How School Buses Became Yellow (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by thunderbong 21 days ago | discuss
15. Norman Rockwell Paintings of the West Wing in the White House on Public View (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by thunderbong 5 days ago | discuss
16. Steve Jobs' Love of Simplicity Fueled a Design Revolution (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    1 points by thunderbong 25 days ago | 1 comments
17. Scientists Make Cells That Feed, Grow and Reproduce (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    1 points by worik 4 days ago | discuss
18. Could Bug Spray Attract Mosquitoes? (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    1 points by cwwc 14 days ago | discuss
19. Ben Franklin May Be Responsible for Bringing Tofu to America (2018) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    1 points by mooreds 14 days ago | discuss
20. Solution to CIA’s Kryptos sculpture is found in Smithsonian vault (www.nytimes.com)
    158 points by elahieh 9 months ago | 133 comments
21. Smithsonian Open Access (www.si.edu)
    82 points by bookofjoe 9 months ago | 11 comments
22. Female Asian Elephant Calf Born at the Smithsonian National Zoo (www.si.edu)
    79 points by gmays 5 months ago | 25 comments
23. Executive order on Smithsonian targets funding programs with 'improper ideology' (apnews.com)
    72 points by petethomas over 1 year ago | 35 comments
24. Texas politicians warn Smithsonian it must not lobby to retain its space shuttle (arstechnica.com)
    44 points by LorenDB 11 months ago | 26 comments
25. A Study of the Winston Red: The Smithsonian's New Fancy Red Diamond (www.gia.edu)
    30 points by bookofjoe about 1 year ago | 1 comments
26. Remove improper ideology: Vance tasked with purging the Smithsonian Institution (www.salon.com)
    24 points by zfg over 1 year ago | 6 comments
27. Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian (arstechnica.com)
    21 points by pseudolus 12 months ago | 1 comments
28. "A heist": Senator calls out Texas for trying to steal shuttle from Smithsonian (arstechnica.com)
    20 points by LorenDB 12 months ago | 4 comments
29. Trump's BBB has $85M to move space shuttle Discovery from Smithsonian to Texas (www.space.com)
    17 points by zzzeek about 1 year ago | 6 comments
30. Why are two TX senators trying to wrest a Space Shuttle from the Smithsonian? (arstechnica.com)
    17 points by pmags about 1 year ago | 4 comments
31. Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on 'How Bad Slavery Was' (www.nytimes.com)
    16 points by jpster 11 months ago | 4 comments
32. Trump orders 'ideological' cleanup of Smithsonian museums (english.elpais.com)
    14 points by geox over 1 year ago | 1 comments
33. White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions (www.nytimes.com)
    12 points by mitchbob 11 months ago | 3 comments
34. Executive order slams Smithsonian for recognizing race is not biological reality (arstechnica.com)
    10 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 3 comments
35. Assault on the Smithsonian: The goal is to reframe the culture of the US (www.theguardian.com)
    10 points by rbanffy 6 months ago | discuss
36. Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum (www.washingtonpost.com)
    9 points by donutshop 11 months ago | 2 comments
37. White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump's Historical Vision (www.wsj.com)
    9 points by colinprince 11 months ago | 1 comments
38. The Smithsonian removes a Trump impeachment reference from an exhibit (apnews.com)
    7 points by gverrilla 11 months ago | discuss
39. Letter to the Smithsonian: Internal Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions (www.whitehouse.gov)
    5 points by ItsBeenAwhile 11 months ago | discuss
40. Space Shuttle war of words takes off as senator blasts 'woke Smithsonian' (www.theregister.com)
    4 points by rntn 9 months ago | 1 comments
41. Help Seed the Smithsonian Archive (neuromatch.social)
    4 points by keyboardJones 11 months ago | 1 comments
42. A CIA secret kept for 35 years found in the Smithsonian's archives (www.business-standard.com)
    4 points by pbshgthm 9 months ago | discuss
43. How the Balloon-Borne "Flying Lawn Chair" Got into the Smithsonian (2019) (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    3 points by thomassmith65 10 months ago | 1 comments
44. Smithsonian Fights Back Against $85M Space Shuttle Kipnapping to Texas (www.jalopnik.com)
    3 points by zzzeek 12 months ago | discuss
45. How the Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab Saves Lives (www.washingtonian.com)
    3 points by gmays almost 2 years ago | discuss
46. Smithsonian secrets most likely to blow your mind (www.sciencenews.org)
    2 points by sohkamyung 3 months ago | discuss
47. Smithsonian museum to return 3 bronzes to India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
    2 points by gnabgib 5 months ago | discuss
48. The Ten Best Science Books of 2024 [Suggested on the Smithsonian] (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by mdp2021 over 1 year ago | discuss
49. Human Lifespan Might Be About to Hit a Ceiling, Experts Say – Smithsonian (www.smithsonianmag.com)
    2 points by rbanffy over 1 year ago | discuss