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Vote for these all-stars in an entirely different kind of competition
Electrodes placed on a car's tires can harness the energy generated when rubber meets road
Ninety years ago a Tennessee man stood trial for teaching evolution, a Smithsonian archives collection offers a glimpse into the rich backstory
Paleontologists are gathering evidence that may help crack the 148-million-year-old mystery, including signs of poisoned predators
Teaming up with botanical gardens, researchers at the Natural History Museum are digging deep into garden plant genomics
Iceland, the land of fire and ice, brings vivid focus to the raw power of a geophysically active Earth
Across North America and Europe, the insects are just not keeping up with shifting temperatures
As the amusement park celebrates its 60th anniversary, here's the truth behind some of its more unusual features
From dark poles to weird "whales", New Horizons is giving us a taste of the historic science we can expect from its visit to Pluto
This year, 24 sites from across the globe have been added to the heralded Unesco list
The ancient event is just one among hundreds of times volcanoes have affected climate over the past 2,500 years
After collecting real-time data from the sun, two astrophysicists got to tinkering with video game components and the outcome is breathtaking
A new show at the Cooper Hewitt reveals the process behind designer Thomas Heatherwick's projects
More than 70 artifacts, from an artificial heart to an Etch A Sketch, grace the entryway to the American History Museum's new innovation wing
Charles Leslie’s passionate half-century of homoerotic art collecting offers a mirror for the history of gay history itself
This weeks' episode of Generation Anthropocene discusses efforts to quantify social development and the cultural retention of the Navajo
Artist Jeremy Sutton painted on his iPad while musicians performed and visitors played virtual reality games at the Smithsonian American Art Museum
In a historic drought, a group of decision makers take to the water to discuss the future of rivers
These underground tubes at Lava Beds National Monument include sparkling gold ceilings that even NASA wants to study
The broad and sometimes difficult history of business in the U.S., its rogues, heros, successes and failures, is the dynamic story in a new exhibition
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