Six years after Deepwater Horizon spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico, we still have no idea what we're doing
Besides teaching us about disease and human development, they molded modern attitudes of the fetus as distinct entity from the mother
In the solitary hunt for bones, furry companions provide company, act as field assistants and sometimes even make the ultimate sacrifice
More than 60 years ago, a broken soda fountain led to this cool invention
Starfish challenge a key ecological concept, ushering in a slightly-more democratic era for tide pools everywhere
This week's episode of Warm Regards asks why our coldest region has gotten the cold shoulder
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Alaska
Attacks à la <i>Revenant</i> are a statistical blip. An Alaska expert outlines the dos and don'ts of sharing wilderness with the state's 133,000 bears
Journey to the Center of Earth
New models suggest that earth's plates could grind to a halt in about five billion years.
India’s tigresses may be feigning interest in sex as the result of shrinking habitat and overlapping territories
A 3D-printed bot designed to move like amphibious fish suggests that the first land animals needed tails to climb slippery slopes
The James Webb Space Telescope promises to peer back into the making of the first galaxies
Award-winning writer Kim Stanley Robinson discusses sci-fi's role in helping us understand the world.
Like a boisterous older sibling, the gas giant both beat up and protected young Earth
Historically feared by humans, brown bears were once aggressively hunted in the contiguous U.S.
Developed by a team from California, this machine plants seeds, pulls weeds and waters plants individually
As the crisis deepens, mental health experts move from questions of short-term survival to ones of longer-term rehabilitation
After a nerve-wracking entry, NASA spacecraft Juno successfully entered the gas giant's orbit
For International Bag Free Day, an intimate look at American mass consumption through the eyes of photographer Chris Jordan
How did the pliosaurus, a 45-foot-long underwater prehistoric predator, keep up with its prey? A biomechanics expert finds answers by observing the penguin
A new theory has scientists buzzing
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