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Le Néandertalien, plus malin qu’il n’y paraît
Par Ayoub Rafey, Quartier libre Le chargé de cours au Département d’anthropologie de l’UdeM Luc Doyon et l’étudiante à la maîtrise en anthropologie Geneviève Pothier Bouchard ont participé à la récente…
How The Photocopier Changed The World
Clive Thompson Smithsonian The first photocopiers weighed half a ton and cost a fortune when Xerox launched them in 1959. They were conceived as a niche product, but they rapidly…
Charming and Unusual Bookstores Around the World
Smithsonian Curl up with a new book—or catch a reading or concert—at these thriving independent bookstores from Mexico City to Melbourne.
La fin des guichets automatiques
Smithsonian Usage is on the decline – so why are banks looking to the machines to save them?
La fin des patinoires extérieures?
The Smithsonian Magazine Skating rinks are already open for fewer days in the year than they were just a decade ago
Les archéologues pensent avoir trouvé le dongeon où Dracula (Vlad l'empaleur) était emprisonné.
Rachel Nuwer The Smithsonian Before Vlad the Impaler gained a reputation for his cruelty and might in battle—and long before he became the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula—he was a…
Comment le poulet a conquis le monde
By Jerry Adler and Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Chicken StoryBy John Steele Gordon, Americain HeritageA CENTURY AGO you’d eat steak and lobster when you couldn’t afford chicken. Today it can cost less…