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In an excerpt from his new book, David Byrne explains why sometimes, he prefers hearing nothing
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After Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers, the notorious Plumbers broke into his psychiatrist's office, looking for a way to discredit him
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In this exclusive transcript from the JFK library, hear what he had to say just days after announcing his candidacy for the presidency
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Smith trucks are powered by batteries, not diesel, which could make a big difference in the fight against climate change
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Set to be christened in 2013, this new naval warship will amaze, leaving almost no wake in the open seas
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Russian scientist Leonid Rogozov was the only doctor within 1,000 miles when, in 1961, he was struck by appendicitis in Antarctica
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The avant-garde Japanese artist attains retrospective status—and embarks on a fashion collaboration with Louis Vuitton
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Comet C/2012 S1(ISON) could become the brightest comet anyone alive has ever seen
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Triceratops was an awesome dinosaur, but, despite one site's claim, it wasn't equipped with poisonous quills
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Jim des Rivières' portraits of moths capture the insects' exquisite patterns
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A new breed of scientists says that if you want to understand why people make financial decisions, you need to see what's going on inside their brains
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The new type of temporary electronics could be implanted in the body or used to monitor the environment without a need for cleanup afterward
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From the Amazon River Basin to Madison Avenue, the woman behind the Spanish translation of the Star-Spangled Banner united the Americas
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A pair of young design entrepreneurs are building a small-batch manufacturing company in Chicago
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Physicist Michio Kaku says we'll be able to clone dinosaurs in the future, but he glosses over some crucial technicalities
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A subscriber wondered if the mailing label that is printed on the mailed copies of Smithsonian magazine would interfere with his solving the Great American Puzzle
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This weekend, get down after dark, celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and get an artist's perspective on art in the collection
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Mao Zedong encouraged critics of his government—and then betrayed them just when their advice might have prevented a calamity
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A small plant native to Australia features two sets of touch-sensitive tentacles to catapult insects towards its digestive concavity and then draw them in deeper
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