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After Decades of Wishing for a Mars Colony, It May Finally Be Within Reach
With multiple paths to the red planet laid out, we might actually see people on Mars in the next few decades
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The Best in Fashion History: Penny Loafers, Forgotten Suitcases and Hermès Scarves
Three good reads to accessorize your daily routine
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Holiday Gift Guide: Ideas for the Design Enthusiasts in Your Life
In preparation for the holiday season, a selection of gift ideas related to some of our favorite Design Decoded posts
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Events December 7-9: 3-D Caves, Custom Kicks and Talk-Rock
Catch the hot new virtual reality art project, create your own “mockups” with artist Louie Gong and take in a talk and show with Fire and the Wheel
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The Day Henry Clay Refused to Compromise
The Great Pacificator was adept at getting congressmen to reach agreements over slavery. But he was less accommodating when one of his own slaves sued him
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Cavemen Were Much Better At Illustrating Animals Than Artists Today
A new study finds that prehistoric humans correctly depicted the gait of four-legged animals much more frequently than modern artists
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Black Marble, Interrupted: Our Mark on the Night Sky, From Space
NASA scientists created global composite images using cloud-free nights to reveal an unprecedented look at how our planet appears at night
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Your Genetic Future: Horse-Dogs, Plantimals and Mini-Rhino Pets
A kids’ magazine in the ‘80s hoped that by now we’d have a whole new array of pets to choose from
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Holiday Gift Guide: Must-Reads from the Smithsonian’s Curators
We asked the institution team for their picks from the past year, from art to poetry to science
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Scientists Discover Oldest Known Dinosaur
A fragmentary skeleton pins the emergence of dinosaurs more than 10 million years earlier than previously thought
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Besse Cooper, World’s Oldest Person, Passes Away
Born in 1896, Besse Cooper was came into a world that was vastly different than the one she just left
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Nine Gift Ideas For the Science-Loving Art Enthusiast on Your List
Be it a book, movie, calendar or game, these picks are perfect for the hardest-to-shop-for people on your list
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How Death Played a Role in the Evolution of Human Height
A longer life expectancy might have allowed members of the genus Homo to grow taller than earlier australopithecines, researchers propose
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Birds Harness the Deadly Power of Nicotine to Kill Parasites
And city birds are stuffing their nests with cigarette butts to poison potential parasites
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Blame Napoleon for Our Addiction to Sugar
Prior to 1850, sugar was a hot commodity that only society’s most wealthy could afford
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An articulated hand found in southern Utah complicates the story of North America’s feathery, beaked oviraptorosaurs
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Collecting the World’s Collections of Small Oddities One Day at a Time
A Q&A with Diana Zlatanovski on how she came to collect collections, what they say about design, and how to be a collector without becoming a hoarder
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Five Ways to Deck Your Halls With Food this Christmas
There are lots of ways to use goods in the pantry to make your digs a little merrier
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Take Two Pills and Charge Me in the Morning
Health and medical mobile apps are booming. But what happens when they shift from tracking data to diagnosing diseases?
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Grandpa Jetson is Way Cooler Than Grandpa Simpson
Montague Jetson is 110 years old—and loving it
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