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The Iconic Cover of David Bowie's 'Aladdin Sane' Could Become the Most Expensive Album Artwork Ever Sold

Shot by Brian Duffy in 1973, the famous lightning bolt print is estimated to break the record currently held by Led Zeppelin's self-titled debut album
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-iconic-cover-of-david-bowies-aladdin-sane-could-become-the-most-expensive-album-artwork-ever-sold-180987409/

Why Are Some of the World’s Best Directors Reviving This Special Film Format Created in the 1950s?

Paul Thomas Anderson utilized VistaVision to make his latest movie, “One Battle After Another,” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a bumbling, washed-up revolutionary trying to save his daughter
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-are-some-of-the-worlds-best-directors-reviving-this-special-film-format-created-in-the-1950s-180987424/

To Hide From Predators, Some Animals Camouflage Into Their Surroundings, While Others Display Bright Colors as a Warning. What Keeps Them Safest?

While many circumstances factor into the calculation, researchers found in a new study that local predators, not appearance alone, had the greatest impact on a color strategy’s success
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hide-from-predators-some-animals-camouflage-surroundings-others-display-bright-colors-warning-what-keeps-safest-180987418/

The Amazon's Trees Might Be More Resilient to Climate Change Than We Thought

A team of nearly 100 researchers found the average tree size in the massive rainforest has increased by more than 3 percent per decade since the 1970s
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/trees-in-the-amazon-might-be-more-resilient-to-climate-change-than-we-thought-180987416/

Archaeologists Discover Mysterious Earthwork Circles Built 6,500 Years Ago—Nearly 2,000 Years Before Stonehenge

Recent excavations have shed new light on the four circular ditches, which were identified in a field near Rechnitz, Austria, during surveys of the area between 2011 and 2017
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-mysterious-earthwork-circles-built-6500-years-ago-nearly-2000-years-before-stonehenge-180987417/

Gulls’ Spit-Up Gunk Can Help Ecologists Understand Human Pollution

Researchers and student volunteers pick up what seabirds throw up, then examine it for clues about our impact on the environment
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gulls-spit-up-gunk-can-help-ecologists-understand-human-pollution-180987407/

Saudi comedy festival draws big names and backlash

Human rights advocates and some comics say the festival, at which Bill Burr, Louis C.K., Dave Chappelle and Kevin Hart are performing, whitewashes abuses.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/saudi-comedy-festival-backlash/

Taliban internet shutdown paralyzes Afghanistan

Two weeks after the regime signaled plans to ban fiber-optic internet, nearly all links to the outside world are cut, grounding planes and closing businesses.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/afghanistan-internet-blackout-taliban/

Netanyahu tries to sell Trump’s Gaza peace plan to a skeptical right wing

The Israeli premier’s reluctance to fully withdraw troops or make way for a Palestinian state, combined with Hamas’s reluctance to disarm, may result in a fragile deal, analysts say.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/trump-netanyahu-gaza-war-ceasefire/

Poland arrests Ukrainian suspected in sabotage of gas pipelines

Authorities in Poland arrested a Ukrainian man who is suspected in undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/poland-ukrainian-arrested-nord-stream-explosions/

Former aide in European Parliament convicted of spying for China

The former aide to a legislator from the far-right Alternative for Germany was convicted of spying on the European Parliament, German politicians and Chinese dissidents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/germany-spying-china-aide-european-parliament/

In Germany, a boxing match decides fight over birthplace of bratwurst

Two regions competing for bragging rights to bratwurst, Germany’s signature sausage, took their battle into a boxing ring in a ham-fisted bid to settle the matter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/germany-oldest-bratwurst-sausage-boxing/

China sentences 11 criminal gang leaders to death for scam operations

The court punished the ringleaders of a huge scam operation in northern Myanmar, which officials say involved human trafficking, illegal gambling and cybercrime.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/09/30/china-scam-operation-death-sentences-myanmar/

The Real Stakes, and Real Story, of Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Obsession

Thirty years ago, a peace-loving Austrian theologian spoke to Peter Thiel about the apocalyptic theories of Nazi jurist Carl Schmitt. They’ve been a road map for the billionaire ever since.
https://www.wired.com/story/the-real-stakes-real-story-peter-thiels-antichrist-obsession/