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SR-71 aircraft

The Ultimate Spy Plane

The SR-71 Blackbird, now featured in the Transformers movie sequel, was faster than a rifle bullet and flew 16 miles above the earth
July 2009 | By Owen Edwards

Map of ocean currents

Borne on a Black Current

For thousands of years, the Pacific Ocean’s strong currents have swept shipwrecked Japanese sailors onto American shores
June 16, 2009 | By Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano

The Onrust being placed in the Hudson River

Setting Sail on the Hudson River 400 Years Later

Using 17th century techniques, volunteers built a replica of Henry Hudson's vessel in honor of the anniversary of his exploration
June 08, 2009 | By Wayne A. Hall

Alice Ramsey in her automobile

Alice Ramsey's Historic Cross-Country Drive

In 1909, 22-year-old Alice Ramsey made history as the first woman to drive across the United States
June 05, 2009 | By Marina Koestler Ruben

Dragon Boat Festival

The Legends Behind the Dragon Boat Festival

Celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, Duanwu Jie honors storied history with culinary treats
May 15, 2009 | By Jeninne Lee-St. John

Speeding car

Buckle Up Your Seatbelt and Behave

Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer
April 2009 | By William Ecenbarger

Remote controlled scout plane

Under the Radar with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

The five-pound RQ-14A takes high-tech reconnaissance to new heights
March 2009 | By Owen Edwards

Route 66

Endangered Site: Historic Route 66, U.S.A.

The 2,400 mile highway was eclipsed by interstate highways that bypassed neon signs of roadside diners
March 2009 | By Megan Gambino

Bar pilots risk their life to guide ships

Steering Ships Through a Treacherous Waterway

Braving storms with high seas a group of elite ship pilots steers tankers and freighters through the Columbia River
February 2009 | By Matt Jenkins

A Boeing 707 disturbs a colony of sooty terns during takeoff

The Perils of Bird-Plane Collisions

When airlines want to investigate dangerous bird strikes against planes, they turn to the head of the Smithsonian’s Feather Identification Lab
January 16, 2009 | By Sarah Zielinski

Ceremonial palanquin

Easy Rider

January 2009 | By Anika Gupta

a salt-making site at the village of Teguidda-n-Tessoumt in arid northern Niger

Africa on the Fly

Dangling from a paraglider with a propeller on his back, photographer George Steinmetz gets a new perspective on Africa
January 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Canoe

Spirit of the Sea

Tlingit artisans craft a canoe that embodies their culture's oceangoing past
September 2008 | By Megan Gambino

Traffic jam

The Truth About Traffic

Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix
August 25, 2008 | By Abigail Tucker

Termite digestion of wood pulp

Termite Bellies and Biofuels

Scientist Falk Warnecke's research into termite digestion may hold solutions to our energy crisis
August 01, 2008 | By Julia Olmstead

trans-siberian railway

A World on Rails

A journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway offers inspiring sights, from snowscapes to wildlife
July 2008 | By Sally McGrane

Sea Stallion

Raiders or Traders?

A replica Viking vessel sailing the North Sea has helped archaeologists figure out what the stalwart Norsemen were really up to
July 2008 | By Andrew Curry

Driving Miss Lazy

The race is on for cars that drive themselves
November 14, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Mary Celeste

Abandoned Ship: the Mary Celeste

What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging
November 2007 | By Jess Blumberg

Boom times: diesel from soybeans at a New Jersey plant that opened in February

Who's Fueling Whom?

Why the biofuels movement could run out of gas
November 2007 | By Richard Conniff


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