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Everything from parrots to gossipy novels influenced art in Japan between 1603 to 1868
February 20, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

From Florida's infamous hanging chads and the magnifying glass used to inspect them to vanity eyeballs, American History curators brought the goods for 2013's Tweet Up
February 19, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

And you think you're having a bad work week, just think about the robots
February 19, 2013 | By Matt Novak

This week, watch films by American Indian youths, see Academy Award-winner "The Artist" and snap your fingers to some world-class jazz
February 19, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

Finally, women could breathe deeply when the waist-nipping corset went out of style
February 19, 2013 | By Emily Spivack

The more salt we eat, the more we crave. This new approach to less-salty cooking might help you step off the treadmill
February 19, 2013 | By Twilight Greenaway

Did members of a powerful society of warlocks actually murder their enemies and kidnap children?
February 19, 2013 | By Mike Dash

Last week's close encounters with space rocks have raised concerns about how we deal with dangerous asteroids. Here's how we would try to knock them off course.
February 19, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

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It’s Raining Spiders in Brazil

A video captures images of thousands of spiders raining down on a Brazilian town, but it turns out this event is perfectly normal
February 18, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

There are more than 14 billion pages on the web, but they are linked by hyperconnected nodes, like Hollywood actors connected through Kevin Bacon
February 18, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Do you know which president liked to skinny dip in the Potomac or who had the first pet cat in the White House?
February 18, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

Drought and over-pumping has led to groundwater losses in the Middle East that equal almost the entire volume of the Dead Sea, a new study shows.
February 15, 2013 | By Claire Martin

The government can't get their hands on you when you're floating above Earth
February 15, 2013 | By Matt Novak

Meteor scientist Cari Corrigan says that the type of destruction wrought by today's meteor explosion over Russia is exceedingly rare
February 15, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

At the institution for a year of repairs, the president's gravemarker calls the University of Missouri campus home
February 15, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

A new project asks citizens to monitor their backyard rinks, helping to track how a warming climate is affecting Canada's skating tradition
February 15, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

Ten years ago, the spice company identified chipotle as a taste on the rise. They're back at it again with new predictions for 2013
February 15, 2013 | By Marina Koren

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

The Armory Show provoked reactions of love and hate; today it is recognized as changing American art forever
February 15, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

Collage of Arts and Sciences Blog

A Valentine for Sci-Art Lovers

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

The sugarcane trail takes the author across the Andes, into home liquor distilleries and from juice shack to juice shack as he pursues fermented sugarcane wine
February 14, 2013 | By Alastair Bland

A study shows that wild perch are less fearful, eat faster and are more anti-social when exposed to a common pharmaceutical pollutant
February 14, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

What happens when a comedy staple of mid-century sitcoms reappears as a late-century Saturday morning tradition?
February 14, 2013 | By Matt Novak

This week, indulge your creative side, hear Arab music, and meet a children's book author.
February 14, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

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

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