smithsonian The origin story of that all-American toy, Slip 'N Slide Andrea James

youtube 'Aerial America' series is now on YouTube Andrea James

museums Adam Savage goes behind the scenes at the Smithsonian's Exhibits Central Gareth Branwyn

Science Help climate scientists by transcribing weather data from old ships' logs Cory Doctorow

art New smartphone app lets museum visitors point at art, then see artists discuss the work Andrea James

Science Digitizing the past and present at the Library of Congress Rob Beschizza

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

animals Panda cub! The best of the National Zoo's panda cam videos as picked by the curators and panda keeper David Pescovitz

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

photography Sixth great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson re-creates his presidential portrait Rusty Blazenhoff

art Thomas Jefferson portrait recreated with distant descendant Rob Beschizza

Kids Online course shows young artists how to make portraits in Kehinde Wiley's style Andrea James

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

books Do libraries fumigate books to disinfect them? David Pescovitz

History Tony Hawk's first skateboard is now in the Smithsonian David Pescovitz