Looking for a new graphics card? There’s no shortage of options to choose from, but here are the best to buy now.https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-graphics-cards-gpu/
A wide variety of the exotic animals evolved on Earth over the past 60 million yearshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-exceptional-ancient-elephants-from-small-swimming-creatures-to-shovel-tusked-beasts-180986270/
The trio's scheming became a crucial element of the fledgling nation's success in the Revolutionary Warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/american-merchant-french-official-pioneering-chemist-smuggled-gunpowder-continental-army-180986241/
The Chicago landmark represents the purest form of the American pastimehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/good-teams-bad-wrigley-field-remains-coziest-park-baseball-chicago-180986236/
Your feedback on a pioneering surgeon, a diligent historian and a sacred Southwestern sitehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/magazine/readers-respond-to-the-march-2025-issue-180986234/
Developed by a physicist, these bats have their widest part, called the barrel, closer to the player's hands to offer a better chance of hitting the ball on their "sweet spot"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-science-behind-the-mlb-torpedo-bats-that-everyones-talking-about-how-do-they-work-and-are-they-really-better-180986356/
Ohan Breiding's "Belly of a Glacier" combines experimental film and photography to reflect on a moment of loss—and to fight against ithttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-exhibition-immortalizes-switzerlands-rhone-glacier-predicted-to-disappear-by-2050-180986285/
The system harnesses technology similar to that of devices like Alexa and Siri, according to the researchers, and improves on a previous modelhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enhanced-brain-implant-translates-stroke-survivors-thoughts-into-nearly-instant-speech-using-artificial-intelligence-180986347/
The figures appear to represent a married couple. Experts think the woman, who is holding laurel leaves, may have been a priestesshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-two-nearly-life-size-statues-carved-into-the-wall-of-a-tomb-in-ancient-pompeii-180986353/
Created by Italian special effects designer Carlo Rambaldi, the three-foot-tall prop can be seen in the film hiding among stuffed animals in 10-year-old Elliott's closethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-body-model-used-during-a-famous-scene-in-et-is-heading-to-auction-180986304/
The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed headlines for its flight pathhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/four-civilian-astronauts-capture-imagery-of-earths-icy-poles-on-fram2-the-first-crewed-mission-to-polar-orbit-180986349/
Hungary announced it would leave the International Criminal Court during a visit by Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an ICC arrest warrant.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/hungary-icc-withdraw-orban-netanyahu/
Other countries vowed to respond after President Donald Trump imposed higher tariffs on imports from much of the world, including many U.S. allies.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-us-stock-market/
Allies and adversaries alike were reeling from Trump’s tariff blitz, with some signaling they were ready to retaliate, while others were still hoping for talks.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/02/trump-tariffs-reaction-markets-retaliation/
Secretary of State Marco Rubio reassured European counterparts that the United States remains in the alliance, but he warned Europe it has to do more.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/rubio-nato-brussels-trump-ukraine-alliance/
Some Europeans have acknowledged U.S. grievances over trade but wonder whether the Trump administration is serious about finding a middle ground.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-eu-europe/
The girl group’s five members, ages 16 to 20, are taking on one of South Korea’s biggest entertainment agencies, Hybe, and its subsidiary Ador.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/newjeans-court-case-contract-kpop/
The Heard and McDonald Islands, a sub-Antarctic territory of Australia, is on the list of reciprocal tariffs — as is a remote volcanic isle near Greenland. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/03/trump-tariffs-islands-uninhabited-heard-mcdonald/
Kirill Dmitriev, who runs Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is expected to meet with Steve Witkoff, a key figure in efforts to secure an end to the war in Ukraine.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/02/dmitriev-russia-envoy-business-trump/
Saudi Arabia’s mediation of high-stakes negotiations promises to revive a relationship the president and crown prince cultivated during Trump’s first term.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/02/saudi-arabia-trump-foreign-policy/