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Dispatch from AAAS—Origami and Objects that Cannot Exist
This weekend, blog overseer Laura and I are writing from the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago. The press briefing began with four scientists gazing upwards
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Dispatch from AAAS—Naming the 1000th Steve
This weekend, blog overseer Laura and I are writing from the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago
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Dispatch from AAAS—The Greater Sage Grouse Fembot
This weekend, blog overseer Laura and I are writing from the AAAS Annual Meeting in Chicago
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Pictures of the Week—Orchids
Able to identify the orchids in these photos?
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The Year of Charles Darwin Ultimate Tour (Part 2)
Back in December, I wondered if you could plan an itinerary for the entire year in which everything you did was Darwin-related
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A Melting Antarctica Could Bring an Underwater Smithsonian
Some unknown day in the future, ongoing climate change virtually assures the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will melt away
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Pondering the EcoFont
Like any workplace, I get my share of internal junk mail. Workshops, vacancy announcements, blood drives and Weight Watchers sign-ups
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A Link Between Dams and Earthquakes?
The earth is big, and so are the tectonic plates—it doesn’t seem possible that anything humans could do to the earth would have an effect on those plates
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Picture of the Week — Emperor Penguins
Can cuteness save the Emperor penguin?
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Don’t Drink the Water
The AP reported earlier this week that the Indian pharmaceutical industry is spewing a drug soup into the waters of a town near Hyderabad
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Lincoln vs. Darwin (Part 4 of 4)
On this blog, several of the staff of Smithsonian magazine have been debating who was more important, Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin
Lincoln vs. Darwin (Part 3 of 4)
We asked: Who was more important, Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin? T.A. Frail took up the fight for Lincoln, and Laura Helmuth argued for Darwin
Lincoln vs. Darwin (Part 2 of 4)
Recently, someone here at Smithsonian asked: Who was more important, Abraham Lincoln or Charles Darwin?
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Picture of the Week—Snowy Peaks
The recent cold spell is getting a lot of attention, but we should all remember that it could be worse
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