A professor told Ursula Marvin she should learn to cook. Instead she chased down meteorites in Antarctica
How do you deal with a king cobra that's holed up in a busy village in India? If you’re Gowri Shankar, it’s a simple matter of snake by the tail
A newly discovered “lachrymal saber” could illuminate relationships between an order of deadly fishes
At this year's Future Con, researchers will describe a future of food in space that is anything but bland
In tropical Curaçao, Smithsonian researchers are constantly confronting the unknown
The health of forests of underwater plankton have a big impact on the environment, and oceanographers are just starting to understand it
New research shows that indigenous Peruvians were more resilient than the conquering Inca gave them credit for
Storybooks feature a fair amount of factual errors—and those errors can be revealing
Thousands of animals are used for heart drug tests each year—but research shows that computer-simulated trials are more accurate
As our world warms, warps and melts, metaphors of the past take on new meaning
With a new male elephant in the mix, zookeepers are hopeful babies will soon be on the way
Because the virus hides out deep in our bodies and stays there for life, a vaccine has eluded scientists for decades. But there may be another way
Step behind the scenes as Attenborough and his intrepid crew battle against the falling tide to capture footage of one of nature's most enigmatic creatures
In the 20th century, U.S. eugenics programs rendered tens of thousands of people infertile
A newly approved treatment is a milestone in gene therapy for cancer
Two new studies have promising results
A new treatment that uses the body's own immune system to fight cancer is offering hope to patients with advanced disease
It’s easy to understand why someone would want to. It's harder to justify the actual cloning process, both ethically and scientifically
There are several ways that consuming artificial sweeteners might contribute to obesity
Samples from the Smithsonian National Zoo’s Exotic Animal Milk Repository help scientists study the unifying trait of all mammals
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