Smithsonian Magazine
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Earth’s Water May Be as Old as the Earth Itself
Ancient volcanic rocks may have preserved tiny samples of the planet’s original moisture
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The Nose Job Dates Back to the 6th Century B.C.
But for a long time, the nose was built up instead of shaved down
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Horror Films for Apes Are Teaching Scientists About Long-Term Memory
Eye tracking during scary shows helped scientists reveal that great apes can access memories of single significant events
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Gliding Spiders Found Falling From Tropical Trees
Flat-bodied spiders that live in the rainforest strike a Superman pose to take control of their free-falls Flat-bodied spiders that live in the rainforest strike a Superman pose to take […]
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How Physics Drove the Design of the Atomic Bombs Dropped on Japan
The gun-like design of the Little Boy bomb was effectively the last of its kind
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Hamsters Are Optimists When They Live in Comfy Cages
Pet hamsters that enjoy habitats full of toys and fluffy bedding make more upbeat decisions than those in stark enclosures
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A DNA Search for the First Americans Links Amazon Groups to Indigenous Australians
The prevailing theory is that the first Americans arrived in a single wave, and all Native American populations today descend from this one group of adventurous founders. But now there’s […]
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“Combing” Through Light May Give Us Faster, More Powerful Internet
A lab experiment used a device called a frequency comb to send fiber optic data a record-breaking distance with no signal loss
