The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago opens with a focus on art, featuring works by 30 diverse artists. The $850m privately funded center celebrates African American history and civil rights, contrasting with other presidential libraries and implicitly critiquing Donald Trump's approach to culture.
A corrida espacial do século XXI opõe EUA e China em modelos de financiamento: Pequim usa empresas estatais e recursos públicos, enquanto a SpaceX de Elon Musk capta US$ 75 bilhões em Wall Street. A disputa abrange exploração espacial, comunicação e IA, com a SpaceX liderando em lançamentos e satélites Starlink.
Sergei Krikalev, o último cidadão soviético, ficou mais de 10 meses no espaço durante o colapso da URSS em 1991. Sua missão na estação Mir foi prolongada inesperadamente devido à instabilidade política em seu país.
The House rejected a bill to locate a new Smithsonian American Women's History Museum on the National Mall after Republicans revised the legislation to exclude transgender people
Un vecino de Isla Cristina fue el primero en domesticar esta especie salvaje que ha llamado la atención del Smithsonian por sus propiedades saludables y culinarias únicas
The Smithsonian Institution's historic carousel reopened Friday on the National Mall after nearly three years of restoration. The carousel, originally from Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore, holds special significance as it was desegregated on Aug. 28, 1963 — the same day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. Sharon Langley, who was the first Black child to ride that day as an infant, rode again at the reopening on a horse called Freedom Rider.
The Smithsonian carousel reopened Friday after nearly three years of restoration, featuring rides originally from Gwynn Oak Amusement Park outside Baltimore. The carousel holds special significance as it was desegregated on August 28, 1963 — the same day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. Sharon Langley, who was just 11 months old when she became the first Black child to ride the carousel that day, returned this week to ride a horse named Freedom Rider. The ribbon-cutting honored African American adults from Baltimore who were among the first to desegregate the carousel in the 1960s.
The first Asian elephant calf born at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in 25 years made her public debut Wednesday. Linh Mai was born on Feb. 2 to mother Nhi Linh after a nearly two-year pregnancy. The zoo's elephant manager described her as curious, playful and confident.
