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Eating Seaweed Could Make Cows Less Gassy, Slashing Methane Emissions From Grazing by Nearly 40 Percent
A new study finds that feeding seaweed pellets to grazing beef cattle dramatically reduces their greenhouse gas emissions ...
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The Secret to the Rise of Dinosaurs Could Be Hidden in an Unlikely Place: Their Poop
In a new study, scientists examined bromalites, including fossilized feces and vomit, to reveal prehistoric diets and ...
Smithsonian Magazine13h
Pope Francis Signed These Two Bottles of Bourbon to Support Charities in Kentucky
Earlier this year, a priest from Lexington brought the spirits to the Vatican to get the pope's autograph. They will soon be ...
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A Mysterious Shipwreck Rests Just 20 Feet Below the Surface. It May Be Connected to Vasco da Gama’s Final Voyage
Researchers think a coral-covered vessel discovered off the Kenyan coast could be the "São Jorge," a galleon that sank 500 ...
Smithsonian Magazine20h
As Greenland’s Ice Sheet Melts, an Island Town Rises
Geologists are working with local communities to determine how residents can adapt as the area's sea level, in effect, goes ...
Smithsonian Magazine23h
The World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster Exposed 500,000 People to Toxic Gas and Claimed Thousands of Lives
A web of technical failures, human errors and corporate malpractice in Bhopal, India, culminated in an unthinkable tragedy on ...