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This week, watch Bette Davis in the 1938 hit Jezebel, join performance art that honors African women and listen to one of the world's best pianos
March 07, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Israel battles a swarm of millions of locusts that flew from Egypt that is giving rise to a host of ecological, political and agricultural issues
March 06, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

A new DNA analysis confirms that an ancient skull found in a Siberian cave was an early ancestor of man's best friend
March 06, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

It was a decade of Uggs and excess but also styles meant to further the greater good
March 06, 2013 | By Emily Spivack

Bad weather threatens the metro area, but the Smithsonian museums Will Open, National Zoo is Closed
March 06, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

The birds' plumage is even colder than the surrounding air, paradoxically insulating them from heat loss
March 05, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

The piece by Taiwanese artist Cindy Chao has a surprise revealed only under ultraviolet light
March 05, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

Actually, fairly smart. And we're only seeing the first wave of smartwatches, with Apple expected to enter the fray as early as this year.
March 05, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

Visionary designers of the 19th century believed that the future of air travel depended on elaborate airships
March 05, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

Look for the comet just after twilight in the Northern Hemisphere's western sky, with the best viewing chances to come early next week
March 05, 2013 | By Mohi Kumar

From a Confederate spy to a deepwater researcher, women are everywhere and the Smithsonian is telling their stories
March 05, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

How the make-believe alter ego of an imaginative teen in the 1970s won him the fame he always dreamed of 40 years later
March 05, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Ivory poachers slashed the population of the small elephants by 62 percent in the past decade--future losses at those rates will doom the species
March 04, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

Melting sea ice will open up shipping lanes across the Arctic, potentially making the Northwest Passage and North Pole navigable during summer
March 04, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

This week, learn how to interpret contemporary art, taste some Canadian microbrews and listen to one of the world's best flute players
March 04, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Home to a string of high peaks, including 20,564-foot Chimborazo, the area offers some of the finest cycling, hiking and adventuring country anywhere
March 03, 2013 | By Alastair Bland

Thanks to global warming, hot air piles up at mid-latitudes and causes storms and heat waves to linger for long stretches of time, new research shows.
March 02, 2013 | By Claire Martin

Artist Nathalie Miebach uses meteorological data to create 3D woven works of art and playable musical scores
March 01, 2013 | By Marina Koren

3D printing is a new technology that seems poised to change the world, but its origins date back all the way to the 15th century
March 01, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

The level of soot in Beijing's air is off the charts, leading to higher risks of lung cancer, heart attacks and other health problems
March 01, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

The whaler Essex was indeed sunk by a whale—and that's only the beginning
March 01, 2013 | By Gilbert King

Thanks to a proposal by astronomers Avi Loeb and Dan Maoz, we could find evidence of extraterrestrial life very soon
March 01, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

With nanomedicine, the strategy is not to poison cancer cells or to blast them away but to trick them
March 01, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

How a struggling entrepreneur in Ohio saved his burger business during Lent and changed the McDonald's menu for good.
March 01, 2013 | By K. Annabelle Smith

Clouds above California contain dust and bacteria from China, the Middle East and even Africa, new research shows
February 28, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

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