Colored sawdust instead of saffron? Corn syrup instead of honey? It's all in the newly updated USP Food Fraud Database
Italian artist Lorenzo Possenti created 16 enormous sculptures of giant insects, all scientifically accurate, now on display at an Oklahoma museum
Hear about the one thing in the world that may be faster than light, consider Western media's depictions of the Middle East and discuss Ai Weiwei's art
America's Biggest Game brings excitement, curiosity and some boredom to Ecuador
A new tool uses satellite imagery to help researchers track small disturbances such as bug infestations, which may increase in scope as climate changes
How the wing went from a throwaway to a delicacy in 50 years
Professional football, hockey, soccer and rugby players significantly better than amateurs or non-athletes at processing fast-moving, complicated scenes
Pro football is turning to screens--some massive, others on smart phones--to try to keep its fans entertained.
While scientists work toward perfecting the invisibility cloak, one designer has already developed a line of clothing that makes people invisible to robots
New research shows how owls can swivel their heads around without cutting off blood supply to their brains
Smithsonian Secretary Wayne Clough looks at how our scientists are studying our changing climate
What would otherwise be a local-interest story became a snapshot of history integral to the American experience
You asked? We answered
A new release from Smithsonian Folkways highlights the talent of a bluegrass master
And ending sentences with a preposition is nothing worth worrying about
The Flyknit racer is currently in the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Each culture has its own version of how the universe began. Artist Noah MacMillan brings this “visual vocabulary” to life
On the eve of his first inauguration, President Lincoln snuck into Washington at night, evading the would-be assassins who waited for him in Baltimore
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