Three veteran aurora chasers and a NASA scientist share everything you need to know to check these dazzling displays off your bucket list
An anthropologist explains why we experience many objects, from tennis rackets to cars, as extensions of our bodies
Scientists are probing the head games that influence athletic performance, from coaching to coping with pressure
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal some of the year’s most fascinating findings about human origins
Originally built as barriers between fields and farms, the region’s abandoned farmstead walls have since become the binding threads of its cultural fabric
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In Israel, new discoveries at one of the world's oldest villages are upending the debate about when we stopped wandering
Smithsonian paleoanthropologists reveal the year’s most riveting findings about our close relatives and ancestors
A modern hunter-gatherer group known as the Hadza has taught researchers surprising things about the highly variable menu consumed by humans past
An anthropologist traces the origins and paths of one of his favorite kinds of plants
Roughly two million years ago, simple items like the Kanjera tool sparked a revolution in the way humans lived
Ancient humans may have evolved to slumber efficiently—and in a crowd
Paleoanthropologists Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae reveal some of the year's best findings in human origins studies
An archaeologist explores how our prowess in sport has deep roots in evolution
The scientists advocate shifting the current value system, which is biased against women and minorities, towards a more diverse and inclusive model
Psychologist Susan Turk Charles talks about findings that reveal the elderly have higher emotional well-being
A short list of the amazing changes and behaviors that transform both humans and animals on the journey of motherhood
Psychologists say you can't confirm deception by the way a person acts—but experts are zeroing in other methods that might actually work
The Smithsonian's Human Studies Film Archive houses eight million feet of film which can help future generations reflect on the past
Seven Smithsonian scientists continued to discover the secrets of the natural world safely during the pandemic
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