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A Brief History of the Baseball
The development of the baseball, from shoe rubber and lemon peels to today’s minimalist, modernist object
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The World Is Heading for 11 Billion People This Century
How are we going to feed them all?
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Smoke From More Than 800 Forest Fires in Indonesia Is Blanketing Southeast Asia
Most fires appear to be burning in palm oil plantations and land overseen by paper pulp companies, which are owned by Singaporean and Malaysian families
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June 28: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Check out today’s events at the Folklife Festival, including Hungarian cooking, fashion as politics and Andean music
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Unlooted Royal Tomb Found in Peru
Polish archaeologist Milosz Giersz was terrified that looters would make their way to the site, so he and his colleagues excavated the site in secrecy
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The Big Bang: Enthralling Photos of Exploding Bullets
Houston photographer Deborah Bay captures the violent power of projectiles lodged in bulletproof plexiglass
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Here Are the Treasures Libyan Violence Is Keeping Archaeologists From
Libya’s civil war might be over, but the aftershocks of the revolution are still reverberating through the country
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Pufferfish’s Deadly Toxin Could Help Chemo Patients
Researchers in New Jersey are working on an experimental drug that they hope will provide pain relief to cancer patients going through chemotherapy
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
700,000-Year-Old Horse Genome Is Oldest Ever Sequenced by a Factor of 10
The study authors say that the horse genome hints that it may be possible to sequence the genomes of organisms that lived up to 1 million years ago
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A Fungus-Like Disease Threatens Europe’s Supply of Gin
This is the first time the disease, which was discovered in Argentina around five years ago, has turned up in Europe
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Tesla at the Smithsonian: The Story Behind His Genius
A new biography looks to document how the scientist thought of so many inventions, some of which are housed at the American History Museum
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June 27: Today’s Events at the Folklife Festival
Check out today’s events at the Folklife Festival, including Hawaiian music, Roma fiddlers and Welsh poetry
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Events June 28-30: Navy Band Sea Chanters, Hungarian Folk Dance and ‘Cold War’
This weekend, listen to Navy sea chanteys, dance like a Hungarian and check the Hong Kong action-thriller “Cold War” on the big screen
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A Cutting-Edge Second Look at the Battle of Gettysburg
New technology has given us the chance to re-examine how the Civil War battle was won and lost
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After 103 Years, the Natural History Museum Finally Gets Its Own Tyrannosaurus rex
The “Wankel Rex,” discovered in Montana in 1988, is one of just a dozen complete skeletons worldwide
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Your Choice of Spoon Changes the Taste of Your Food
White yogurt eaten from a white spoon was deemed sweeter, more expensive and denser than a similar yogurt that was dyed pink.
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Fin Whale Unsure Whether It Wubs Dubstep Remix of Its Conversation
Fin whale calls can be detected by seismic networks, and because this is the internet, there is obviously a remix
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How the Human Body Evolved to Throw Fastballs
Our shoulder flexibility allows us to hurl things at high speeds compared to other primates—a trait we likely evolved for hunting two million years ago
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A Slight Zap to the Brain Makes Everyone Appear More Attractive
After getting zapped, participants experienced a boost of dopamine - a chemical associated with how we judge people’s attractiveness
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