A scientist says mind-wandering or daydreaming help prepare us for the future
In setting fines for timber poaching, experts are looking at different ways to calculate the worth of trees
Prehistoric hunter gatherers carried out the surgery thousands of years before the previous recognized example
Ecologists have documented a hierarchy of fear in the South African grassland, and the king of beasts is at the top
The Revolution in Moon Exploration
NASA’s historic return to the moon will begin when the rocket takes off from Florida
Years of drought have exposed Robert Smithson's massive earthwork in the Great Salt Lake
An anthropologist traces the origins and paths of one of his favorite kinds of plants
The United States recently declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. Here’s what you need to know about the disease
The Revolution in Moon Exploration
Eventually the station will allow astronauts to spend up to two months on the lunar surface
The Revolution in Moon Exploration
In a series of in-depth features, Smithsonian magazine reports on humanity’s renewed push to understand the moon.
One of Hollywood’s weirdest legacies, the herd of beasts lives under the watchful eye of local conservationists
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like us
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When an internet-famous Steller’s sea eagle turned up roughly 11,000 kilometers off course in late 2021, birders flocked to catch a glimpse
A Costa Rica rescue center offers blankets and bottle-feeding at a nursery for these young animals
To be sustainable, scientists say we should consume fewer animals products
In a forbidding Wyoming desert, scientists and fortune hunters search for the surprisingly intact remains of horses and other creatures that lived long ago
Researchers have adopted innovative means, from cutting-edge scans to swimming robots, to reveal more about how the creatures lived
Friars in Cambridge, England, suffered from these parasites at nearly double the rate found among average unwashed citizens
Covid long-haulers experience a litany of symptoms, and researchers have proposed a variety of theories to explain them
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