⁣Amateur Sleuth Identifies the Mystery Women in a Museum's Fabergé Frames

The portraits were on display at a museum in England, where staffers had been wondering about the two subjects for years

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amateur-sleuth-identifies-the-mystery-women-in-a-museums-faberge-frames-180984890/

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⁣Weight Loss and Diabetes Drug Could Slow Alzheimer's Progression, Preliminary Study Suggests

In a year-long trial, people who received a daily injection of liraglutide showed an 18 percent lower cognitive decline than people who received a placebo

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/weight-loss-and-diabetes-drug-could-slow-alzheimers-progression-preliminary-study-suggests-180984808/

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⁣Asteroid That Ended the Dinosaurs Came From Beyond Jupiter, Study Finds

Metal isotopes delivered to Earth by the asteroid reveal it's consistent with space rocks formed in the outer solar system

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/asteroid-that-ended-the-dinosaurs-came-from-beyond-jupiter-study-finds-180984924/

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⁣Ancient Prisoners Carved Graffiti Into the Floors of a Roman-Era Prison

An archaeologist has identified vengeful inscriptions etched into a 1,600-year-old prison in Greece

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ancient-prisoners-carved-graffiti-into-the-floors-of-a-roman-era-prison-180984889/

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⁣Rare Ocelot Caught on Camera in Arizona, the First Sighting in Its Area for 50 Years

Ocelots were federally listed as endangered in 1972, and their current U.S. population is thought to be fewer than 100 individuals

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-ocelot-caught-on-camera-in-arizona-the-first-sighting-in-its-area-for-50-years-180984921/

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⁣Art Dealer Arrested for Trying to Sell a Fake Leonardo da Vinci for $1.4 Million

French customs officers seized the imitation when they discovered the man’s export license had expired

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/art-dealer-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-a-fake-leonardo-da-vinci-for-14-million-180984905/

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⁣These Markers of Scandinavia’s Bronze Age Boatyards Were Hiding in Plain Sight

Archaeologists argue that ancient fire pits were used for constructing the area's distinctive boats

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/these-markers-of-scandinavias-missing-bronze-age-boatyards-were-hiding-in-plain-sight-180984880/

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⁣Invasive 'ManhattAnts' Are Taking Over New York City and Spreading Quickly

Since appearing on Manhattan in 2011, the species has become one of the island's most dominant ants, and scientists formally identified it this year

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/invasive-manhattants-are-taking-over-new-york-city-and-spreading-quickly-180984917/

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⁣Stonehenge's Massive Central Stone May Have Been Shipped From Hundreds of Miles Away

Researchers think they've solved the mystery of the monument's Altar Stone, which could have traveled all the way from Scotland

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/stonehenges-massive-central-stone-may-have-been-shipped-from-hundreds-of-miles-away-180984904/

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⁣WHO Declares Mpox Global Health Emergency. Here's What to Know

A new virus strain has been spreading primarily the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as nearby countries that had previously not reported mpox cases

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/who-declares-mpox-global-health-emergency-heres-what-to-know-180984907/

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