Tools
Photos: A Last Look at Fall
Before the weather turns cold, take one last walk in the woods with these beautiful autumn photos submitted by our readers
December 2012 |
By Smithsonian.com
Open-Fire Stoves Kill Millions. How Do We Fix it?
Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
December 2012 |
By Ingfei Chen
Booting Up a Computer Pioneer’s 200-Year-Old Design
Charles Babbage, the grandfather of the computer, envisioned a calculating machine that was never built, until now
April 02, 2009 |
By Aleta George
Forensic Science for Antiques
Revealing art secrets—and exposing forgeries
May 15, 2008 |
By Dina Modianot-Fox
Beneath the Surface
A high-tech investigation helps explain Winslow Homer's staying power
May 2008 |
By Robert M. Poole
Hot Idea
Christina Galitsky's energy-efficient cookstove makes life a little easier for Darfur's refugees
October 2007 |
By Neil Henry
The Pirate Hunters
As buccanneering is back with a vengeance, stepped-up law enforcement and high-tech tools work to help protect shipping on the high seas
August 2007 |
By Paul Raffaele
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
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
Useful Gadget
The legendary explorers carried destiny on their expedition. But they could not have fulfilled is without this unprepossessing device
October 2003 |
By Owen Edwards
