The First Self-Proclaimed Drag Queen Was a Formerly Enslaved Man
In the late 19th century, William Dorsey Swann’s private balls attracted unwelcome attention from authorities and the press #smithsonianmagazine #smithsonian #lgbtq
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-first-self-proclaimed-drag-queen-was-a-formerly-enslaved-man-180982311/

@bluegreenandfree @greenone67 I meant measuring from outside, like hood temperature, yes. Thanks to @MyOpinion for posting the #SmithsonianMagazine article about this. Sorry to reply a few days late, but that was pretty much the kind of info I was looking for. Obviously this depends on exactly how the car is operated and how its cooling systems are designed/working, but the potential reduction in #UrbanHeatIsland effect is what I was curious about.

#NASA's #OSAM-1 (On-#orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing) #satellite servicing and refueling ⛽ scheduled after 📆 2025 https://nexis.gsfc.nasa.gov/OSAM-1.html

#SmithsonianMagazine 📆 March 2, 2022 in 📆 2020, the aerospace company #NorthropGrumman successfully launched two “mission extension vehicles,” equipped with their own engines and fuel, that attached themselves to two commercial satellites 🛰️ and boosted them into new #orbits. #Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites by #DARPA is scheduled for 📆 2024 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/robots-may-soon-fix-fuel-satellites-in-space-180979659

#AeroSpace #robot companies in #OpenStreetMap : https://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/aerospace%3Aproduct=robot

#SpaceRobot #SpaceMaintenance

Are a German forester's ideas shaking up the scientific world?

No, this is a clickbait sub-head from 2018. The body of the article makes it abundantly clear that it is the scientific world itself that is having the ideas, and the German forester is publicizing them in a book after reading the scientific literature.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/

#Science #Forestry #SmithsonianMagazine

5. Et puis, avec retard, la superbe sélection annuelle du #SmithsonianMagazine des 10 meilleurs livres d'histoire de 2022 (en anglais)
A ne pas manquer.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ten-best-history-books-of-2022-180981182/

Piece I shot for Smithsonian Magazine in the early nineties on the brilliant management guru, W. Edwards Deming, the man who helped save Japanese industry after World War II. https://www.behance.net/gallery/160354923/W-Edwards-Deming-Smithsonian-Magazine #deming #wedwardsdeming #magazine #photography #photographer #smithsonianmagazine

"Linear Elamite, a writing system used in what is now Iran, may reveal the secrets of a little-known kingdom bordering Sumer" - #SmithsonianMagazine #LinearElamite #Elam #Linguistics #AncientHistory

Is #Hacking #Photosynthesis the Key to Increasing Crop #Yields? | #Innovation | #SmithsonianMagazine

"Traditionally, #crop improvements have come from targeting traits like the size of the #plant, its resistance to #pests or the length of its growing season. But in recent years, scientists have been targeting photosynthesis, the process by which #plants grow that ultimately fuels almost all life on #earth"

#biology #GMO

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/is-hacking-photosynthesis-the-key-to-increasing-crop-yields-180981144/