Move Over Dune Sandworms, These Desert Beetles Conjure Water from Thin Air
A new book uncovers the extraordinary secrets of fog-harvesting beetles in the Namib desert and other insects changing our world
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Where Is Everybody in Our Universe?
Two physicists contemplate life on other planets in this excerpt from "Exoplanets"
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How the Tobacco Industry Lured Customers with Baseball Cards
With baseball season in full swing, learn about the game's entwined history with cigarettes
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How the Smithsonian Conserved the Jefferson Bible
Thomas Jefferson cut and arranged selected Bible verses to create a chronological, edited story of Jesus' life—and the conservation treatment was just as painstaking
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