Past and present collide at Berlin’s Ostbahnhof
Uncharted Play, a New York City-based startup, enables children in developing countries to build reserves of energy through play
In the high Arctic, hotter summer weather may be taxing insect metabolism
Watch Tom Davey test his hypothesis with a state-of-the-art wave pool
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
Vilcabamba is an idyllic little town—and that's its problem
A nonprofit dedicated to preserving old, iconic trees is cloning them in hopes of preserving them for the future
Motion-sensor studies showing how chimpanzees walk upright could help scientists better understand the evolution of bipedalism
Inspired by wasps' nests, an Italian company is printing inexpensive houses for the developing world
Minneapolis entrepreneur Manny Villafana says his collection at the American History Museum is filled with stories of both failure and success
The ability to see in the dark is becoming more accurate and more portable
The prototype detects hand and finger movements and turns them into words on a screen
The electric eel generates electric shocks of up to 1,000 volts, 80 times the electric voltage of a car battery. Watch a caiman learn this the hard way
A UK company has developed a permeable pavement that can drink 1,000 liters of water per square meter in a minute
Scientists with the ANSMET program will endure six weeks near the South Pole during an annual field trip to find meteorites
But Smithsonian scientists are probing the flat-tail horned lizard's DNA to save the rare species
An endangered bird once threatened by humans now relies on us for its survival
A search through the Nobel archives shows how the history of the famous prize is filled with near misses and flukes
The Mapplethorpe obscenity trial changed perceptions of public funding of art and shaped the city of Cincinnati
A laser-based imaging technique let scientists see what happens to water droplets at the borders of cumulus clouds
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