When policemen spotted a "flying saucer" in 1966, an official investigation declared it was an optical illusion created by swamp gas
In new book, vivid satellite images of the planet evoke what astronauts call "the overview effect"
The absurdly comedic work of Iceland's top performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
A former sugar plantation slave recalls fleeing to a cave in the woods and the new dangers that awaited him there
Dear cave lions: We're so, so sorry.
It's hard to comprehend the concept of oceans getting more acidic. Unless you become the coral.
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
The country’s most celebrated blogger discovers her homeland anew while working as a tour guide
With his first major contemporary acquisition, the Detroit Institute of Arts' new director is reinvigorating the museum
The trail-blazing Chicago chef and cookbook author wins the second annual Julia Child Award and makes a donation to the Smithsonian
Using brain scans, researchers find evidence that bad feelings associated with lying lessen over time
Heavy drinking can change the brain to make cravings worse. Can gene therapy change it back?
A dive into the science shows it is possible to override the system
Something fishy this way comes
The 2016 Young Scientist Challenge winner modeled her energy harvester after a tree
Unlike Jurassic Park's lizard-like creatures, real raptors had feathers and looked a lot more like their closest relatives -- birds
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Cuba
From Masons to Santería priests, photographer Nicola Lo Calzo offers a glimpse into the island's many subcultures
Some breweries are slowing production, as the trend may be fizzling
The visual biographer of Marie and Pierre Curie turns to her next subject, weather, lightning and climate change
Before it was a popular tourist attraction, the Tower of London was, well, just about everything else
Through interviews with his descendants, one biographer sees the family man behind the infamous gangster
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