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The social sciences study cultural artifacts, innovations, language and behaviors to discover how humans relate to each other and to society
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Richard 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

Historians have generally agreed that some settlement referred to in ancient histories as Rhakotis existed centuries before Alexander the Great arrived.

Underwater World

New evidence reveals a city beneath ancient Alexandria
August 01, 2007 | By Megan Gambino

Earhart was equally at home in the air and on the pages of fashion magazines.Earhart was equally at home in the air and on the pages of fashion magazines.

The Flight Stuff

Amelia Earhart brought her own special style—even to her outerwear
July 2007 | By Owen Edwards

Large-scale excavations are scheduled to begin this summer on a $200-million project for a 150-acre Stabiae archeological park (an artist

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

Archaeologists have modeled Rome in three dimensions, and users can "fly" through the ancient city

Rome Reborn

Archaeologists unveil a 3-D model of the great city circa A.D. 400
July 01, 2007 | By Andrew Curry

Bruce Willis donates John McClane

Die Hard Donation

Bruce Willis gives John McClane's blood-smeared undershirt to the Smithsonian. Yippee-ki-yay...
July 01, 2007 | By Amy Crawford

A group of researchers gathered data on the energy expended by four people and five adult chimps as they walked on a treadmill; the chimps walked upright and on all fours. People used about 25 percent less energy than chimps did, regardless of which style the apes walked, they report.

Walk This Way

Humans' two-legged gait evolved to save energy, new research says
July 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Petra

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

H.L. Hunley

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

One clue that the Buena Vista site was aligned with the seasons comes from a menacing statue (Ojeda is in the background) that faces the winter solstice sunset.

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

The unlikely researcher, George Smith, made one of archaeology

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

Sphinx in Alexandria harbor

Raising Alexandria

More than 2,000 years after Alexander the Great founded Alexandria, archaeologists are discovering its fabled remains
April 2007 | By Andrew Lawler

Rano Raraku statue quarry

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

The 1,000-year-old Archimedes Palimpsest was taken apart, cleaned, stabilized and analyzed.

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

A conservator works on the Star-Spangled Banner in 1914.

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

Artifacts unearthed on Ossabaw Island offer insights into the lives of slaves.

Sea Island Strata

At a former Georgia plantation, archaeologists delve into both the workaday and spiritual lives of slaves.
February 2007 | By Eric Wills

A researcher tests a polygraph machine.

Detecting Lies

From chewing rice to scanning brains, the perfect lie detector remains elusive
February 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

By touching the spinning bowls with wet fingers, Ben Franklin produced chords and complex melodies.

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


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