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Expect higher sea levels in the equatorial Pacific and lower ones near the poles by 2100, according to new research
February 21, 2013
| By Claire Martin
Artists are borrowing from biology to create dazzling "biodesigns" that challenge our aesthetics—and our place in nature
February 21, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
The AMS can detect and sort hundreds of billions of high-energy particles whizzing through space
March 2013
| By Elizabeth Quill
Artist Kevin Cooley has traveled the world capturing landscapes where one light shines on the horizon
March 01, 2013
| By Paul Bisceglio
Cornell scientists used computerized scanning, 3D printers and cartilage from cows to create living prosthetic ears
February 21, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
The freelancer’s new exhibit at the Natural History Museum captures the beauty, and fragility, of sea life
March 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
After studying chimpanzees for decades, the celebrated scientist turns her penetrating gaze on another life-form
March 2013
| By Jane Goodall
100 years ago, birds like the snowy egret were on the brink of extinction, all because of their sought-after plumage
March 2013
| By William Souder
A scientist studying female elephants—usually portrayed as cooperative—makes a surprising observation about their behavior
March 2013
| By Caitlin O’Connell-Rodwell
From tracking a giant squid to decoding jellyfish alarms in the Gulf, a depth-defying scientist plunges under the sea
March 2013
| By Abigail Tucker
A new study indicates that roughly half become habituated to the smell of DEET over time, reducing its effectiveness as a repellent
February 20, 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
As the fastest thing in the universe, light certainly gets around
March 2013
| By Smithsonian magazine
Making healthy foods like tomatoes more palatable may increase our desire to eat these foods while decreasing our gravitation towards sugary snacks
February 20, 2013
| By Rachel Nuwer
Neuroscientists prove what we always suspected: the two sexes see the world differently
March 2013
| By Libby Copeland
The one gem that can rival the Hope Diamond is finally on display at the Natural History Museum
March 2013
| By Jerry Adler
Macrophotographer Thomas Shahan takes portraits of spiders and insects in the hopes of turning your revulsion of the creatures into reverence
February 20, 2013
| By Megan Gambino
Scientists use computer simulations to test how geographic features help create intense snowstorms that blanket cities near lake shores with snow
February 20, 2013
| By Mohi Kumar
Want to know where the poor live? Look at where the light isn’t
March 2013
| By Joseph Stromberg
Researchers at MIT are investigating how to turn houses in Cambridge, Massachusetts, into mini-power plants
March 2013
| By James Holloway
For a large chunk of the Earth’s existence, flora have used the Sun’s light to turn the planet green
March 2013
| By Henry Fountain
Smithsonian Secretary G. Wayne Clough journeys to Front Royal, Virginia, to find out the latest in animal research
March 2013
| By G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution
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
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
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
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