https://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/technology/RSS feed for TechnologyenFri, 25 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/google-just-released-an-ai-tool-that-helps-historians-fill-in-missing-words-in-ancient-roman-inscriptions-180987046/Known as Aeneas, the tool was trained on an extensive dataset of Latin epigraphy. Experts hope it will help decipher segments of text that have been lost to historyFri, 25 Jul 2025 13:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-do-you-wear-a-gown-made-of-glass-marvel-at-the-eye-catching-history-of-this-unlikely-fashion-trend-180986998/In the 20th century, actresses and royals alike donned delicate dresses woven with spun-glass threads. More recently, celebrities have sported impractically fragile handbags on the red carpetTue, 22 Jul 2025 11:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-do-dogs-watch-tv-that-might-depend-on-their-personalities-new-research-suggests-180987014/A survey-based study reveals how different dogs react to elements on TV, suggesting that personalized television enrichment could support animal welfare in shelters or at homeMon, 21 Jul 2025 17:23:40 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/a-new-generation-of-tiny-tracking-tags-offers-a-fresh-look-at-the-lives-of-little-fish-180987011/Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a tag the size of a grain of rice that can also work underwaterMon, 21 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/with-space-junk-on-the-rise-is-a-catastrophic-event-inevitable-180986907/Debris from rockets and satellites can fall back to Earth or collide with other objects, and wreckage that burns up can harm the ozone layerThu, 03 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/astronomers-detected-a-mysterious-radio-burst-it-turned-out-to-be-from-a-dead-nasa-satellite-180986884/The signal detected last year came from Relay 2, a communications satellite that has been defunct since 1967Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:07:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/james-webb-space-telescope-reveals-its-first-direct-image-discovery-of-an-exoplanet-180986886/Researchers identified the likely planetary candidate’s infrared light after blocking out its host star’s overwhelming glareFri, 27 Jun 2025 16:15:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-colorful-satellite-views-reveal-our-forests-in-unprecedented-detail-and-showcase-the-potential-of-the-new-biomass-mission-180986878/The European Space Agency’s satellite will measure trunks, branches and stems in forests to shed light on how much carbon is stored in trees across various continentsThu, 26 Jun 2025 18:55:45 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/graduate-student-develops-an-ai-based-approach-to-restore-time-damaged-artwork-to-its-former-glory-180986799/The method could help bring countless old paintings, currently stored in the back rooms of galleries with limited conservation budgets, to lightFri, 13 Jun 2025 20:21:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-first-ever-direct-images-of-the-suns-south-pole-captured-by-the-solar-orbiter-spacecraft-180986788/The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial human activity on EarthThu, 12 Jun 2025 20:41:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ispaces-resilience-spacecraft-likely-crashed-marking-the-japanese-companys-second-failed-landing-180986755/Early reports suggest that an issue with the Japanese lander's sensors prevented it from sufficiently slowing downFri, 06 Jun 2025 18:47:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ispaces-resilience-probe-set-to-land-on-the-moon-todayheres-how-to-follow-along-180986747/The Japanese company's second attempt at a lunar landing can be streamed live this afternoonThu, 05 Jun 2025 16:41:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-the-highest-resolution-views-of-the-suns-corona-as-wisps-of-plasma-dance-in-crystal-clear-detail-180986730/Astronomers have captured videos of the sun without the typical blur caused by turbulence in Earth's atmosphereWed, 04 Jun 2025 15:01:49 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-14-year-old-built-an-app-that-detects-heart-diseases-in-seconds-180986700/Siddarth Nandyala wants to put his tool in the hands of medical professionals so that they can catch cardiovascular abnormalities in their early stagesFri, 30 May 2025 12:13:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/should-scientists-inject-saturns-moon-enceladus-with-life-180986629/A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitableWed, 28 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-contact-lenses-give-users-supervision-even-with-their-eyes-closed-180986679/Researchers have developed experimental contact lenses that use nanoparticles to convert the invisible wavelengths of near-infrared light into visible colorsTue, 27 May 2025 20:37:00 +0000