These Are the 100 Greatest Films of All Time, According to 1,600 ...
Dec 6, 2022 · According to a group of film critics, the greatest movie ever made is Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.The 1975 film tops the 2022 results of British magazine Sight and Sound ...
Smithsonian Magazine: Explore History, Science, Arts & Culture
Discover the latest stories in history, archaeology, science, arts and culture from one of the top news magazines. Smithsonian Magazine brings you compelling, in-depth articles every day.
Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground 'Anomaly' …
May 14, 2024 · Scientists Are Investigating a Puzzling Underground ‘Anomaly’ Near the Giza Pyramids. Using remote-sensing technologies, researchers have discovered two connected structures in a previously ...
Where Did the QWERTY Keyboard Come From? | Smithsonian
In 1866, Christopher Latham Sholes, a Wisconsin newspaper publisher and former state senator, co-invented an automated machine to number coupons and tickets—a task previously done by hand.
DNA Suggests Modern Humans Emerged From Several Groups in …
May 25, 2023 · Past studies of human genetics have proposed the theory that modern humans originated from a single population in Africa. But a new paper, published last week in the journal Nature, put this idea ...
An Evolutionary Timeline of Homo Sapiens | Smithsonian
Feb 2, 2021 · These five skulls, which range from an approximately 2.5-million-year-old Australopithecus africanus on the left to an approximately 4,800-year-old Homo sapiens on the right, show changes in the ...
What's the History of Westminster Abbey? | Smithsonian
First light in London. At the top of Westminster Abbey’s northwest tower, Lee Robinson welcomes a new morning in a 1,000-year-old history by performing one of the building’s quieter rituals.
The Psychology Behind Generational Conflict | Smithsonian
Complaining about the young is a longstanding prerogative of the old; just as baby boomers and Gen X’ers today lament the shortcomings of millennials and Gen Z, parents in the 1920s looked ...
The Curious History of the Potato Chip | Smithsonian
When Covid-19 forced people to stay home, many of us found solace in a snack: potato chips. The crispy treats enjoyed around a $350 million increase in sales from 2019 to 2020. When the chips are ...
The Story of How Humans Came to the Americas Is Constantly …
For more than half a century, the prevailing story of how the first humans came to the Americas went like this: Some 13,000 years ago, small bands of Stone Age hunters walked across a land bridge ...