Social Sciences
The social sciences study cultural artifacts, innovations, language and behaviors to discover how humans relate to each other and to societyRichard Lerner
The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"
September 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Underwater World
New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria
August 01, 2007 |
By Megan Gambino
The Flight Stuff
Amelia Earhart brought her own special style—even to her outerwear
July 2007 |
By Owen Edwards
Ancient Rome's Forgotten Paradise
Stabiae's seaside villas will soon be resurrected in one of the largest archaeological projects in Europe since World War II
July 01, 2007 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
Rome Reborn
Archaeologists unveil a 3-D model of the great city circa A.D. 400
July 01, 2007 |
By Andrew Curry
Die Hard Donation
Bruce Willis gives John McClane's blood-smeared undershirt to the Smithsonian. Yippee-ki-yay...
July 01, 2007 |
By Amy Crawford
Walk This Way
Humans' two-legged gait evolved to save energy, new research says
July 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Reconstructing Petra
Two thousand years ago, it was the capital of a powerful trading empire. Now archaeologists are piecing together a more complete picture of Jordan's compelling rock city
June 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
Saving Our Shipwrecks
New technologies are aiding the search for one Civil War submarine, and the conservation of another
June 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
The New World's Oldest Calendar
Research at a 4,200-year-old temple in Peru yields clues to an ancient people who may have clocked the heavens
May 2007 |
By Anne Bolen
Interview: Daniel Gilbert
What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict
May 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Epic Hero
How a self-taught British genius rediscovered the Mesopotamian saga of Gilgamesh after 2,500 years
May 2007 |
By David Damrosch
Roy Richard Grinker
His new book offers a scholar's and father's perspective on autism
April 2007 |
By Arthur Allen
Raising Alexandria
More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
April 2007 |
By Andrew Lawler
The Mystery of Easter Island
New findings rekindle old debates about when the first people arrived and why their civilization collapsed
April 01, 2007 |
By Whitney Dangerfield
Reading Between the Lines
Scientists with high-tech tools are deciphering lost writings of the ancient Greek mathematician Archimedes
March 2007 |
By Mary K. Miller
The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner
How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry inspired an anthem and made its way to the Smithsonian
March 01, 2007 |
By Cate Lineberry
Sea Island Strata
At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves.
February 2007 |
By Eric Wills
Detecting Lies
From chewing rice to scanning brains, the perfect lie detector remains elusive
February 01, 2007 |
By Eric Jaffe
Second Time Around
Invented by Ben Franklin but lost to history, the glass harmonica has been resurrected by modern musicians
February 01, 2007 |
By Catherine Clarke Fox


