How the New Movie 'Ad Astra' Offers a Plausible Vision of Late-21st Century Space Travel
Shuttle astronaut Garrett Reisman helped writer-director James Gray make his space adventure authentic(ish)
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Shuttle astronaut Garrett Reisman helped writer-director James Gray make his space adventure authentic(ish)
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Could Eating Sea Urchins Help Revive Kelp Forests?
A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
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A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
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Could Eating Sea Urchins Help Revive Kelp Forests?
A Norwegian 'urchin ranching' company wants to take the echinoderms from the wild, fatten them up and sell them to restaurants
Paul Simon Has 50 Ways to Charm an Audience
As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
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As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
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Paul Simon Has 50 Ways to Charm an Audience
As the 2019 recipient of the Smithsonian’s Great Americans Medal, the musician divulged he still has one more song to write
How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
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The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
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How Charlotte Moore Sitterly Wrote The Encyclopedia of Starlight
The "world’s most honored woman astrophysicist" worked tirelessly for decades to measure the makeup of the sun and the stars
The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
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Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
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The First Personality Test Was Developed During World War I
Long before online quizzes and Myers-Briggs, Robert Woodworth’s “Psychoneurotic Inventory” tried to assess recruits' susceptibility to shell shock
How the 'Blonde Rattlesnake' Stirred Public Fascination With Female Accomplices
In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
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In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
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How the ‘Blonde Rattlesnake’ Stirred Public Fascination With Female Accomplices
In 1933, Burmah White was punished harshly—and amidst a media frenzy—after she and her husband committed a spree of crimes in Los Angeles
Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian
Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
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Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
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Lonnie Bunch Sizes Up His Past and Future at the Smithsonian
Bunch’s new memoir details the tireless work it took to build NMAAHC and offers insights into his priorities as Smithsonian Secretary
Want to Dig For Dinosaur Bones? Join the Pros at These Spots
These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
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These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
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Want to Dig For Dinosaur Bones? Join the Pros at These Spots
These museums and companies around the country pair the public with paleontologists to uncover buried bones
Using Art to Talk About the Holocaust in ‘The Evidence Room’
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
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Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
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Using Art to Talk About the Holocaust in ‘The Evidence Room’
Museum staff discuss the reception of a difficult work that showed the vivid and painful documentation of a Nazi death camp
How Composer John Cage Transformed the Piano—With the Help of Some Household Objects
With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
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With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
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How Composer John Cage Transformed the Piano—With the Help of Some Household Objects
With screws and bolts placed between its strings, the 'prepared piano' offers up a wide range of sounds
Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
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Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
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Bronze Age Baby Bottles Reveal How Some Ancient Infants Were Fed
Drinking vessels found in Bronze and Iron Age children's graves contained proteins from animal milk
How Tiny, Microbe-Propelled Bots Could Deliver Drugs in Our Bodies
Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
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Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
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How Tiny, Microbe-Propelled Bots Could Deliver Drugs in Our Bodies
Researchers are developing 'hybrid biological microrobots' to target cancer and do other work in the body
How Zookeepers Built Karl, the Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, a New 3-D Beak
For this species, a beak is everything and Karl has had his old one re-tooled for hunting and communication
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For this species, a beak is everything and Karl has had his old one re-tooled for hunting and communication
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When Karl Met Karoline
Meet Karl. He’s an Abyssinian ground hornbill, a bird native to the grasslands of north-central Africa and listed as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?
New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
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New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
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Did Francis Drake Really Land in California?
New research suggests that one of the state’s greatest historians had a hand in perpetrating an infamous hoax
Viewing Iran and Its Complexities Through the Eyes of Visual Artists
Compelling works from six female photographers tell stories of revolution, displacement and longing for home
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Compelling works from six female photographers tell stories of revolution, displacement and longing for home
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Viewing Iran and Its Complexities Through the Eyes of Visual Artists
Compelling works from six female photographers tell stories of revolution, displacement and longing for home
Ten Inventive Attempts to Make Camping More Comfortable
Making a stay in the great outdoors more luxe isn’t new—even if glamping and #vanlife are
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Making a stay in the great outdoors more luxe isn’t new—even if glamping and #vanlife are
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Ten Inventive Attempts to Make Camping More Comfortable
Making a stay in the great outdoors more luxe isn’t new—even if glamping and #vanlife are
Researchers Discover the Tallest Known Tree in the Amazon
Satellite images and a trek into the rainforest reveal a group of trees over 80 meters, or about 260 feet, and one as tall as 88.5 meters
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Satellite images and a trek into the rainforest reveal a group of trees over 80 meters, or about 260 feet, and one as tall as 88.5 meters
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Researchers Discover the Tallest Known Tree in the Amazon
Satellite images and a trek into the rainforest reveal a group of trees over 80 meters, or about 260 feet, and one as tall as 88.5 meters
Coral Reefs Face the Dual Threats of Ocean Acidification and Erosion
As coral tissues die off, the exposed calcified skeleton becomes vulnerable to organisms that eat away at the dying reefs
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As coral tissues die off, the exposed calcified skeleton becomes vulnerable to organisms that eat away at the dying reefs
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Coral Reefs Face the Dual Threats of Ocean Acidification and Erosion
As coral tissues die off, the exposed calcified skeleton becomes vulnerable to organisms that eat away at the dying reefs
Beekeepers Seek to Save Honeybees From a Colony-Invading Pest
Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain of honey bee, but other threats loom
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Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain of honey bee, but other threats loom
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Beekeepers Seek to Save Honeybees From a Colony-Invading Pest
Facing the scourge of a parasitic Asian mite, commercial beekeepers are trying to breed a resistant strain of honey bee, but other threats loom
What the 17th-Century Ideal of a 'Commons' Means in the 21st Century
Is there even such a thing anymore as a completely public space?
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Is there even such a thing anymore as a completely public space?
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What the 17th-Century Ideal of a ‘Commons’ Means in the 21st Century
Is there even such a thing anymore as a completely public space?
Five Roles Robots Will Play in the Future of Farming
From picking fruit to pulling weeds, robotics are bringing precision farming to life
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From picking fruit to pulling weeds, robotics are bringing precision farming to life
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Five Roles Robots Will Play in the Future of Farming
From picking fruit to pulling weeds, robotics are bringing precision farming to life