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The air quality in China's biggest cities is famously atrocious, but designers think they may have found a way to combat the issue
February 26, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
In his new book, Serpentine, Mark Laita captures the colors, textures and sinuous forms of a variety of snake species
February 26, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
New short haircuts announced the wearers' break from tradition and boosted the hairdressing industry
February 26, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Is it art? Or science? With DNA, Eduardo Kac pushes the limits of creativity and ethics
February 22, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Artists are borrowing from biology to create dazzling "biodesigns" that challenge our aesthetics—and our place in nature
February 21, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
To combat the growing housing crisis in major American cities, architects are designing smaller, more efficient apartments that will change the way urbanites live
February 21, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
Read the latest on subliminal message, body snatching, and Sheryl Sandberg’s insights on the rise of women
March 2013
| By Chloë Schama
A new poem from the former poet laureate of the United States
March 2013
| By Billy Collins
Modern games find inspiration in the techniques of classic film noir
March 2013
| By Kate Cox
Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan takes portraits of spiders and insects in the hopes of turning your revulsion of the creatures into reverence
February 20, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
At 50, the legendary relic of the college dorm room is still groovy after all these years
March 2013
| By Abigail Tucker
A new album from Smithsonian Folkways will brighten anyone’s St. Patrick’s Day
March 2013
| By Leah Binkovitz
Finally, women could breathe deeply when the waist-nipping corset went out of style
February 19, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Innovative architects are experimenting with small unmanned aerial vehicles to prove that drones can do more than cause destruction
February 15, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
A clever print by designer Jacqueline Schmidt pays homage to 12 different species with one thing in common—they mate for life
February 14, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Valentine's Day can be an occasion for quirky expressions of love
February 14, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
Former Smithsonian taxidermist Paul Rhymer is a judge on "Immortalized," a TV competition that pits up-and-comers against superstars in the field
February 14, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Don't understand love? Not to worry. Scientists continue to study away to try to make sense of it for the rest of us
February 13, 2013
| By Randy Rieland
They have recently been the subject of a lot of scrutiny, but the American military first began developing similar aerial vehicles during World War I
February 12, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
For centuries, the day's revelry has featured the liberated feeling of hiding in plain view
February 12, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
As drones become common as tools of the military and intelligence agencies, how are architects and designers responding?
February 08, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
British artist Luke Jerram's handblown glass sculptures show the visual complexity and delicacy of E. coli, swine flu, malaria and other killing agents
February 07, 2013
| By Claire Tinsley
It's the birth of the modern cosmetics business as young women look for beauty enhancers in a tube or jar
February 07, 2013
| By Emily Spivack
For designers, the battle over what it means to be private in a very public world is a new frontier to be conquered
February 06, 2013
| By Jimmy Stamp
A juried competition honors photographs, illustrations, videos, posters, games and apps that marry art and science in an evocative way
February 05, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
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