Women are at the center of a new book that delights not in isolated genius, but in collaboration and cooperation
Mass spectrometry is finding a new role in forensic science
One Smithsonian curator weighs in on new best practices for outreach
Hundreds of years before audiences fell in love with Star Wars, one writer dreamt of battles in space
Satisfy your giftee’s wanderlust with these travel-themed books
Reports on the rise of fascism in Europe were not the American media's finest hour
When it comes to language, primates have all the right vocal equipment. They just lack the brains
But don't worry, it's only going about 30 feet away
Cold and flu viruses transfer in very different ways than we think
Designers are developing a new device that tracks gestures in an amputated limb and translates them to computer commands, like scroll and click
Gene Davis, the leading member of the Washington Color School, is celebrated a half century after his striped paintings caught on
Wernher Von Braun became interested in space flight from an early age. This lead him to develop of one of the Nazi's most devastating weapons
Friends and colleagues recall his abiding love for Smithsonian’s work, the history of spaceflight and peanut butter buckeyes
The Magneto-Optical Detector (MOD) combines magnets and laser light to determine, in less than a minute, if a drop of blood contains malaria parasites
When Hitler solidified his plan to exterminate Jews – and why it matters 75 years later
Female giant burrowing cockroaches look after their young for up to six months. In an eight-year lifespan, they can produce around 150 young
Some answers: Messiness, ignorance and puzzles
His reconstructed faces have tongues that taste and eyelids that blink. But will they withstand the test of time?
The authors say this is more proof that we are living in an Age of Humans—but not all scientists agree
Visceral, kinesthetic, cinematic, aural and psychological, Arena Stage’s new show about the 19th-century novel is a 21st-century experience
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