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A reader spots what may be the wrinkliest dinosaur of all time
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Newlyweds who didn’t want to visit the cliched destination of the time, Niagara Falls, dreamt of one day spending their first days as a couple on the moon
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Nothing Out of the Ordinary: Squirrel Stewed, 1878
A collection of old community cookbooks reflects a changing ecology and a cultural shift: the decline of hunting, chitlins and pig’s feet
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The Best Science Visualizations of the Year
Browse through the winning images that turn scientific exploration into art
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Anti-Gravity Machine for Levitating Fruit Flies
A powerful magnetic field counteracted Earth’s gravity and disrupted gene expression during development
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Traveling does seem to facilitate encounters—especially between like-minded people searching for similar things
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Curator Amy Henderson: How The Stars Just Dazzle Us
The National Portrait Gallery expert on celebrity culture admits that she is often captivated by the glamour and glitz that defines the Hollywood superstar
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The officer who gained glory as a warrior in the Civil War also had a domestic side.
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Mark Twain on Where Babies Come From
The American humorist lends his reasoning for his long and fruitful marriage
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Everything You Wanted to Know About Food and Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
What is the term for a “euphoric sensation upon eating amazingly delicious food”
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Intimate Secrets of Dinosaur Lives
Scientists are searching for dinosaur sex differences in features like size, ornamentation and bone structure—not the bits actually used during mating
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Where marriage is a form of defiance and matchmaking is a game of chance
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Brotherhood Spirit in Flesh Soup, or a Recipe Calling For Love
The counterculture has long been characterized by a single word: “love.” For some hippie communards, love was also a recipe ingredient
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What’s Science Got to Do With It?
Can anyone really make sense of romance? Researchers keep trying because, frankly, we want answers
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Events Feb 14-16: Handi-hour, Noodles and a Movie, and a Mardi Gras Special
Make a craft for your Valentine at the Renwick Gallery, try Taiwanese noodles at the Freer Gallery, celebrate Mardi Gras with Little Red and the Renegades
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Geeky Gifts for Your Valentine
Having trouble finding a gift that matches the brilliance of your Valentine? We’ve got the solutions
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Hollywood does romance best in its comedies
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Did competition for mates drive the evolution of the enormous, long-necked sauropods?
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Bob Dylan’s Jacket Comes to the American History Museum
The legendary performer’s leather jacket from the night he went electric will be part of a new exhibition
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