Smithsonian Magazine

[:es]Before ether was used as an anesthetic in surgery, doctors relied on less effective techniques for pain relief, such as hypnosis[:]

[:es]Fires can leap rapidly from building to building and even cause extreme weather events such as pyrocumulonimbus storm clouds[:]

[:es]Studying the layers of Earth’s crust, scientists have created a “Geological Orrery” to measure planetary motions dating back hundreds of millions of years[:]

[:es]A hormone called androsterone, produced in the placenta and other organs, plays a role in fetal development in the womb [:]

[:es]French writers such as Voltaire and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle helped shape the Enlightenment with stories of science[:]

[:es]Years of expeditions in the world’s tallest mountain range reveal that Himalayan wolves have developed genetic adaptations to living at high altitudes[:]

[:es]Johannes Hevelius drew some of the first maps of the moon, praised for their detail, from his homemade rooftop observatory in the Kingdom of Poland[:]

[:es]Ellen Swallow Richards applied chemistry to the home to advocate for consumer safety and women’s education[:]

[:es]We are the naked apes of the world, having shed most of our body hair long ago[:]