This 3-D Printed Robot Also Can Assemble Itself

Robots get smaller, smarter, faster and easier to assemble every day. In fact, they're so easy to make that this robot can actually assemble itself
May 13, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Slave Cabin Set to Become Centerpiece of New Smithsonian Museum

A slave cabin from a South Carolina plantation is being shipped to Washington, DC to be featured in the National Museum of African American History and Culture
May 13, 2013 | By Paul Bisceglio

This is a Real Time Map of Wikipedia Changes

Who are the people who edit Wikipedia and where do they come from? Here is a real-time map to answer that question
May 13, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

TKO By Checkmate: Inside the World of Chessboxing

Demanding a combination of brains and brawn, this new sport has competitors floating like butterflies and stinging like kings
May 13, 2013 | By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

This App Uses Audio to Guide Blind Photographers

While blind people can't enjoy photographs the same way sighted people do, that doesn't mean they don't want to take them
May 10, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

3-D Printed Gun Plans Are Going to Be on the Internet, Whatever the State Department Says

After the State Department asked Defense Distributed to take down their 3-D gun plans, The Pirate Bay opened its doors, offering to host the plans on its site for anyone who wants them
May 10, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Barns Are Painted Red Because of the Physics of Dying Stars

Have you ever noticed that almost every barn you have ever seen is red? Turns out there's a reason for that that has to do with the chemistry of dying stars
May 10, 2013 | By Rose Eveleth

Benjamin Franklin’s Phonetic Alphabet

One of the founding father's more quixotic quests was to create a new alphabet. No Q included
May 10, 2013 | By Jimmy Stamp

Feel Your Head Roll With This Virtual Reality Guillotine Simulator

Through a combination if sight and touch, virtual reality can actually be incredibly realistic
May 10, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Macoto Murayama’s Intricate Blueprints of Flowers

The Japanese artist depicts blossoms from various plant species in fastidious detail
May 10, 2013 | By Megan Gambino

There Are Just Three Males of This Endangered Fish Left, And the London Zoo Is on a Global Hunt to Find a Lady

There are just three fish of this species left in the world, and they're all males.
May 10, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

What the Great Gatsby Got Right about the Jazz Age

Curator Amy Henderson explores how the 1920s came alive in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel
May 10, 2013 | By Amy Henderson

The World According to Twitter, in Maps

A new geographic analysis of millions of tweets provides a remarkably broad view of humanity, by language, location and other factors
May 10, 2013 | By Joseph Stromberg

The Great(est) Gatsby Playlist

Baz Luhrmann may have his take, but Smithsonian Folkways offers its own streaming soundtrack for the novel-turned-movie
May 10, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

10 New Things Science Says About Moms

Among then: They answer a lot of questions and their spit is good for us
May 10, 2013 | By Randy Rieland

$18 for a Dozen Eggs by 2010? Inflation Fears in 1982

The Omni Future Almanac predicted that a gallon of gas would be cheaper than a quart of milk
May 10, 2013 | By Matt Novak

Alex Trebek On Why ‘Jeopardy’ Represents the American Dream

Trebek stopped by the American History Museum to donate items from his show, along with soap star Susan Lucci and Barney-creators Kathy and Phil Parker
May 09, 2013 | By Leah Binkovitz

What Is it About Music That Triggers All of These Emotions?

Real feel or social construction? Where does the mood of your music come from?
May 09, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

Shell Is Drilling the World’s Deepest Offshore Oil Well in the Gulf of Mexico

The new well contains around 250 million barrels of recoverable oil total - or just over three percent of the oil used by the U.S. each year
May 09, 2013 | By Rachel Nuwer

You’ll Want to Watch Today’s Solar Eclipse Create a Gorgeous ‘Ring of Fire’

Tune in this evening to watch the Moon eclipse Australia's early-morning Sun
May 09, 2013 | By Colin Schultz

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