A new album on Smithsonian Folkways Records captures the effort to sustain a fading musical tradition
These contact lenses can switch your vision back and forth from regular sight to a 2.8x zoom
Obama's plan will specifically address poaching of elephants and rhinos, though he has also reportedly begun conversations with China about curbing demand
Though its roots are in India, American yoga is a whole different thing
The evolution of the baseball bat, and a few unusual mutations
The roboticists behind RoboCup want their team of bots to beat the World Cup champions on a level playing field by 2050
Just posting calorie counts isn't very effective. What may work, though, is framing overeating in terms everyone understands
The Welsh language is spoken by few, but people like Gwyneth Glyn, a Welsh folk musician, are helping to revitalize it and renew interest in the culture
Software engineer Alexey Papulovskiy has built Contrailz, a site that generates visuals of flight data over cities around the world
Three hundred and fifteen years ago today James Savery's patented the steam engine
After the exhibition concludes, the ice will be relinquished to its original fate - a melted puddle
Forty countries that receive low levels of aid for environmental conservation contain about one-third of the world's threatened species
For 29 years, Cirque du Soleil had defied death, never seeing a performer die on the job. Until this past weekend
Plant impressions found underneath a pair of ancient humans in Israel indicate they were buried ceremonially, atop a bed of flowers
Half a century ago today the U.S. Post Office introduced the ZIP Code
The first weekend was full of colors and cultures from around the globe
A fire at Yarnell Hill, Arizona over the weekend killed 19 experienced firefighters
This week, check out an exhibit on genes, witness a Central American song and dance performance and watch Native American film "March Point"
Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
A new type of cell could lead to dramatic cures—and avoid ethical controversy
Before the elusive particle could be discovered—a smashing success—it had to be imagined
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