Three recent black hole events and how they shape our universe
As the potential drone applications grow, so does the build-your-own drone movement
Inspired by a similar effort in the 1970s, the project wants your help in creating a portrait of humanity to send out of the solar system
2014 "Future Is Here" Featured Speaker
2014 "Future Is Here" Featured Speaker
2014 "Future Is Here" Featured Speaker
The magazine's 2nd annual conference brings together experts, authors and visionaries in the fields of science, science fiction and technology.
Anthropologist Joshua Bell weighs in on new uses for cell phone technology at Smithsonian magazine's annual festival
Scientists at MIT are using a new technique that could print responsive objects—from water pipes to sneakers—that adapt to their surroundings on their own.
Built in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan is plying the waters off New England this summer
A chemical excreted by octopus skin tells their severed arms, “Don’t grab me or eat me!”
In 2007, cave divers discovered remains that form the oldest, most complete and genetically intact human skeleton in the New World
As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor
Biologists always assumed that sexual selection primarily drove differences in looks between male and female birds, but a new study challenges that notion
One of the holiest Buddhist holidays, Vesak marks the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha
The now extinct Caribbean monk seal shares an evolutionary connection with the endangered Hawaiian monk seal--one more reason to save the species
Ground movements linked to water extraction may change stresses on the fault famously responsible for California earthquakes
Nestled in between the Bronx and Manhattan, North Brother Island once housed Typhoid Mary, but now is an astonishing look at a world without humans
An exhibit at the British Library focuses on the aesthetic appeal of 400 years of scientific data
Take a step back in time to see the building of some of D.C.'s most famous icons
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