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... Watch for Cicadas: Billions From Brood XIV Will Soon Emerge After 17 Years Underground

The insects from this group were last seen in 2008 and will appear across the eastern U.S. for a brief, dramatic frenzy of mating and dying
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/watch-for-cicadas-billions-from-brood-xiv-will-soon-emerge-after-17-years-underground-180986592/

... DNA Links Modern Picuris Pueblo Tribe to Ancestors Who Lived in Chaco Canyon Hundreds of Years Ago

Tribal leaders partnered with scientists to confirm their connection to the archaeological site in New Mexico
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/dna-links-modern-picuris-pueblo-tribe-to-ancestors-who-lived-in-chaco-canyon-hundreds-of-years-ago-180986575/

... Locals Thought These Shipwrecks Had Belonged to Pirates. They Turned Out to Be 300-Year-Old Danish Slave Ships

The two vessels had been trafficking hundreds of enslaved Africans when a navigational error led them astray. They sank off the coast of Costa Rica in the 18th century
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/locals-thought-these-shipwrecks-had-belonged-to-pirates-they-turned-out-to-be-300-year-old-danish-slave-ships-180986585/

... Scientists Stumbled Upon an Active Volcanic Eruption in a Mid-Ocean Ridge for the First Time Ever

From a research submersible, scientists saw hardened lava, dead tube worms and orange flashes from an eruption in the East Pacific Rise
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-stumbled-upon-an-active-volcanic-eruption-in-a-mid-ocean-ridge-for-the-first-time-ever-180986586/

... Who Created This Peculiar Painting of a Drooling Dragon? Nobody Knows—but a Museum Just Bought It for $20 Million

Painted around 1510, the mysterious altarpiece by an unknown artist features unusual details, including a slobbering dragon and an angel playing the mouth harp
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-created-this-peculiar-painting-of-a-drooling-dragon-nobody-knows-but-a-museum-just-bought-it-for-20-million-180986571/

... An Ohio Earthwork Where Thousands Once Gathered for Celestial Observations and Religious Ceremonies Is Open to the Public

An earthen enclosure called the Octagon is drawing much-deserved attention to the state’s history-filled mounds built some 2,000 years ago by the Hopewell culture
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/an-ohio-earthwork-where-thousands-once-gathered-for-celestial-observations-and-religious-ceremonies-is-open-to-the-public-180985987/

... The New Pope Is Calling Himself Leo—Just Like 13 Other Pontiffs Who Came Before Him. Who Are They?

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who preceded him may offer insight into his approach to the papacy
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-new-pope-is-calling-himself-leojust-like-13-other-pontiffs-who-came-before-him-who-are-they-180986598/

... 200 Snakebites Later, One Man's Blood May Hold the Key to a Universal Antivenom

Over two decades, Tim Friede has injected himself with snake venom hundreds of times, and subjected himself to more than 200 bites. Now, scientists are working on an antivenom derived from his antibodies
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/200-snakebites-later-one-mans-blood-may-hold-the-key-to-a-universal-antivenom-180986595/

... Welcome to the Weird and Wondrous World of Sea Cucumbers

These spiny or slimy ocean creatures display an astonishing diversity of appearances, behaviors and lifestyles—and many are increasingly threatened
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/welcome-to-the-weird-and-wondrous-world-of-sea-cucumbers-180986534/

... Be Blown Away by These 15 Images of Beautiful Butterflies

These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/be-blown-away-by-15-images-of-beautiful-butterflies-180986593/

... Around the world, Catholics seem eager to embrace an American pope

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian and was close to Pope Francis. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/pope-leo-catholic-american/

... Live updates: Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xiv-news-robert-prevost/

... Ukraine accuses Hungary of spying on it; Budapest expels diplomats

Ukrainian security services claimed to have uncovered a Hungarian spy ring gathering information about military activities in Ukraine’s western Transcarpathia region.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/ukraine-hungary-espionage-diplomats-expelled/

... Russia exudes confidence at parade marking 80 years since Nazi defeat

While Putin hosted several world leaders, European ministers gathered in Ukraine to announce the formation of war crimes tribunal targeting Russian officials.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/russia-victory-day-putin-ukraine/

... What we know about Pope Leo XIVs political and social views

Delving into Pope Leo XIV’s views, including on LGBTQ+ rights, the climate and women in the church.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-leo-xiv-views-political-robert-prevost/

... Fog of war thickens as India and Pakistan trade blame and accusations

Each country has accused the other of fresh attacks, while a stream of misinformation on social media has deepened public unease on either side of the border.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/india-pakistan-misinformation-attacks/

... Chinese exports, aided by tariff dodging, defy Trumps trade pressure

China’s strong export growth in April, despite sky-high U.S. tariffs, will give Beijing a boost as its officials head to trade talks this weekend.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/trump-trade-pressure-china-exports/

... Trumps deportation plan has echoes of Britains costly Rwanda failure

The Trump administration’s efforts to deport unwanted immigrants to countries including Libya, Ukraine and Rwanda has similarities to a failed British plan.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/09/trump-deportation-libya-rwanda-britain/

... Leo XIV, elevated by Francis, becomes first American pope

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a relinquishing of papal authority from Europe.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-leo-robert-prevost-conclave-catholic/

... Cardinal Robert Prevost becomes first American-born pope

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed and marginalized.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/08/pope-prevost-american-vatican/