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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > ai-may-have-solved-a-longstanding-math-problem-with-a-million-dollar-prize-it-ignited-a-controversy-over-who-gets-credit-180989472

A.I. May Have Solved a Longstanding Math Problem With a Million-Dollar Prize. It Ignited a Controversy Over Who Gets Credit

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (705+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent The Navier-Stokes problem, a famous theoretical math problem regarding the movement of fluids, has stumped mathematicians for almost 200 years. At the turn of the 21st century, the Clay Mathematics Institute decided that it would award $1 million to…...

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Stealing Candy From Children, Splash-Proof Urinals and Buried Panties, Oh My! Here Are the Winners of the 2026 Ig Nobel Prizes

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (739+ words) Margherita Bassi | Daily Correspondent You’re probably familiar with the Nobel Prizes, some of the most prestigious awards. While the world eagerly awaits who will earn those prizes this year, some researchers are currently celebrating the winners of playful—yet still…...

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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > corals-reveal-el-nino-events-have-become-stronger-in-recent-decades-probably-because-humans-have-been-heating-up-the-planet-180989432

Corals Reveal El Niño Events Have Become Stronger in Recent Decades, Probably Because Humans Have Been Heating Up the Planet

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (501+ words) Sara Hashemi | Daily Correspondent As the world braces for the “super” El Niño currently gathering strength in the Pacific Ocean, scientists have found that the events have been intensifying as the world warms. The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a…...

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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > thieves-steal-3000-year-old-treasure-in-a-super-professional-museum-heist-that-took-only-four-minutes-180989418

Thieves Steal 3,000-Year-Old Treasure in a 'Super-Professional' Museum Heist That Took Only Four Minutes

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (515+ words) A group of thieves has raided the Spanish museum housing the Treasure of Villena, one of Europe’s most impressive surviving collections of Bronze Age gold and other precious artifacts. Around 5:20 a.m. on August 27, alarms sounded at the Museum of Villena…...

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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > archaeologists-in-denmark-discover-rare-fragments-of-1300-year-old-clothing-preserved-inside-viking-age-grave-180989419

Archaeologists in Denmark Discover Rare Fragments of 1,300-Year-Old Clothing Preserved Inside a Viking Age Grave

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (556+ words) Sonja Anderson | Daily Correspondent Archaeologists in Denmark have uncovered a rare find: a Viking Age grave containing clothing fragments that have survived for roughly 1,300 years. The burial is located near Varde, a historic market town in southwestern Jutland, at the…...

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smithsonianmag.com > smart-news > soccer-ball-used-for-diego-maradona-hand-of-god-world-cup-goal-sells-at-auction-180989392

The Soccer Ball Used for Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ World Cup Goal Sells for $3.35 Million at Auction

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (423+ words) The soccer ball used for two of Diego Maradona’s most iconic goals has sold at auction for $3.35 million, well below its $10 million pre-sale estimate. Maradona used the ball to score both of Argentina’s goals in their 2-1 victory over England in…...

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Scientists Used A.I. to Design New Viruses. The Technology Could Be a Boon for Medicine, but Experts Worry About Harmful Pathogens

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (570+ words) Sara Hashemi | Daily Correspondent Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionize biotechnology. It can already help discover drugs, modify key machinery in microbes and decode the human genetic instruction book. Now, for the first time, scientists have used A.I. to design viruses…...

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smithsonianmag.com > travel > these-15-stunning-photographs-capture-all-that-there-is-to-love-about-the-people-land-and-culture-of-argentina-180989373

These 15 Stunning Photographs Capture All That There Is to Love About the People, Land and Culture of Argentina

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (100+ words) Travel | August 21, 2026 7:30 a.m. See images of the South American country’s charming cities, historic homes, beautiful beaches and majestic mountains Text by Tracy Scott Forson Once a Spanish colony, Argentina has been an independent nation for 210 years. Now home to 46 million people,…...

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smithsonianmag.com > history > when-american-airplane-crashed-into-school-1944-english-village-lost-almost-all-of-its-youngest-children-why-has-wwii-worst-civilian-aviation-accident-been-forgotten-180989341

When an American Airplane Crashed Into a School in 1944, an English Village Lost Almost All of Its Youngest Children. Why Has WWII's Worst Civilian Aviation Accident Been Forgotten?

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (771+ words) History | August 20, 2026 7:45 a.m. On August 23, 1944, a test flight over the village of Freckleton, located in northwest England, ended in disaster, claiming the lives of 61 people, including 38 students between the ages of 4 and 6 Meilan Solly | Senior Associate Digital Editor, History Jacky Nichol…...

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Stolen Masterpieces Worth $10 Million Discovered in a Cardboard Box, Months After Thieves Snuck Into a Museum and Whisked Them Away Into the Night

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (515+ words) Ellen Wexler | Writer and Special Projects Editor Long after closing time, the thieves slipped into the dark museum through a window. Security footage shows them quietly removing three pieces from the wall. The artworks were worth more than $10 million, and…...