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		A Robot Just Became a Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea (smithsonianmag.com)
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		Robot Monk at a Buddhist Temple in South Korea (smithsonianmag.com)
		3 points by andsoitis 18 hours ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Timmy the Whale Released After Being Stranded Off the German Coast for Weeks (smithsonianmag.com)
		4 points by ulrischa 2 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Lifting a 30k-Pound Mast from a Warship Built a Record-Breaking 261 Years Ago (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by Alupis 4 days ago \| past \| discuss
		A Russian Family Was Isolated for 40 Years, Unaware of WWII (2013) (smithsonianmag.com)
		4 points by downbad_ 4 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		New statue in London, attributed to Banksy, of a suited man, blinded by a flag (smithsonianmag.com)
		570 points by dryadin 5 days ago \| past \| 554 comments
		Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium (2015) (smithsonianmag.com)
		1 point by thomassmith65 7 days ago \| past \| discuss
		When NASA Told Its Astronauts to Quit Smoking (2014) (smithsonianmag.com)
		3 points by thunderbong 7 days ago \| past \| discuss
		The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life (2013) (smithsonianmag.com)
		68 points by downbad_ 8 days ago \| past \| 31 comments
		Butterflies are in decline across North America, a look at the Western Monarch (smithsonianmag.com)
		246 points by 1659447091 12 days ago \| past \| 83 comments
		HS Student Built a Filter That Removes 96% of Microplastics from Drinking Water (smithsonianmag.com)
		3 points by akyuu 14 days ago \| past \| 3 comments
		Newly Digitized Records Reveal How Maori Shared Knowledge of Plants with British (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by beatthatflight 17 days ago \| past
		Rare 1897 Film Discovered Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by rmason 20 days ago \| past
		What Emotion Goes Viral the Fastest? (2014) (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by chistev 20 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Spiral staircase with a single guardrail once led to the top of the Eiffel Tower (smithsonianmag.com)
		54 points by bookofjoe 22 days ago \| past \| 33 comments
		Women Who Mapped the Universe and Still Couldn't Get Any Respect (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by pmontra 22 days ago \| past
		The Longest Outdoor Escalator Just Opened in China (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by mooreds 26 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		World's Longest Outdoor Escalator – 3k-Feet-Long – Opens in China (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by bookofjoe 28 days ago \| past
		World's Longest Outdoor Escalator Opened in China – Takes 20 Minutes to Ascend (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by sarimkx 32 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Astronomer May Have Witnessed a Comet Stop Its Spin–Then Reverse Its Rotation (smithsonianmag.com)
		2 points by pseudolus 32 days ago \| past
		A truck driver spent 20 years making a scale model of every building in NYC (smithsonianmag.com)
		407 points by 1659447091 33 days ago \| past \| 70 comments
		That Vanished (2010) (smithsonianmag.com)
		5 points by downbad_ 33 days ago \| past \| 1 comment
		Has there been any significant progress on using AI to talk to animals? (smithsonianmag.com)
		6 points by evolve2k 34 days ago \| past \| 2 comments
		Caterpillars Vibrate to Complex Rhythms to Communicate with Ants (smithsonianmag.com)
		4 points by m-hodges 40 days ago \| past
		Some People's Brains Can Sense Earth's Magnetic Field (smithsonianmag.com)
		4 points by speckx 43 days ago \| past
		A Cat Left Paw Prints on the Pages of This Medieval Manuscript (smithsonianmag.com)
		3 points by jruohonen 44 days ago \| past
		The Ugliest Airplane: An Appreciation (smithsonianmag.com)
		115 points by randycupertino 51 days ago \| past \| 59 comments
		French Bees Are Making M&M-Contaminated Blue and Green Honey (2012) (smithsonianmag.com)
		15 points by thunderbong 53 days ago \| past
		Czech Man's Stone in Barn's Foundations Is Rare Bronze Age Spearhead Mold (smithsonianmag.com)
		84 points by bookofjoe 53 days ago \| past \| 42 comments
		Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. AI Was Used to Figure Out How to Play (smithsonianmag.com)
		4 points by mci 54 days ago \| past
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