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Neanderthals: Made for Mountaineering?
Neanderthals’ short legs made them well-suited for walking in mountain environments
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Three-dimensional printing technology can be used in conjunction with the material and energy resources of the Moon to build new spacefaring capabilities
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The Overwhelming Data We Refuse To Believe
Another study finds the planet has warmed, but that won’t convince the skeptics
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Why go to the trouble to renew a certificate I don’t use? The bottom line is that I just worked too hard to get it
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Events Oct. 24-27: goSmithsonian Trek, Andy Warhol, Skin Color Evolution, and an Inventors Symposium
Take part in an interactive scavenger hunt, get an inside look at the Hirshhorn’s newest exhibition, learn about human evolution and get tips on inventing
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From Mrs. Miniver to Avatar, how big studio films have influenced public opinion
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Top 10 Real-Life Body Snatchers
Parasites and zombies are not science fiction; they infest rats, crickets, ants, moths and other creatures, sucking the life out of them
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In a new game set behind German lines during WWI, players run from sickle-clawed dinosaurs in the trenches
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Turning Fallen Leaves into Dinner Plates
The paper plate was invented in 1904, and Americans now throw away an estimated trillion disposable plates and utensils per year
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Thomas Edison’s Brief Stint As A Homemaker
The famous inventor envisioned a future of inexpensive, prefabricated concrete homes
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A Planet Spotted As It Begins To Form
Scientists using the Keck telescope in Hawaii have found what may be a protoplanet, the youngest planet ever found
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Help Name the National Zoo’s Baby Black-Footed Ferret
For 30 years the Zoo has helped breed hundreds of ferrets, but one of the most recent additions is in need of a name
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3D Printers Are Building the Future, One Part at a Time
Don’t just download music. Download sculpture. Or a bicycle. That’s the promise of 3D printing
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Weekend Events Oct. 21-23: Craft2Wear, MATCH+WOOD, and Drumming Workshop
This weekend, come to a party with wearable crafts, experience the pairing of poetry and art, and participate in a drumming workshop
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How Baryonyx Caused the Great Spinosaur Makeover
The discovery of a strange, crocodile-snouted dinosaur in England was the key to reconstructing one of the strangest groups of predatory dinosaurs ever
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Are farmed salmon the source of a viral infection off the coast of British Columbia?
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While Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire were fighting World War I, two Afghans opened up a second front in an Australian outback town 12,000 miles away
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Picturing the World Series of the Future
After a brutal postseason, can London finally beat New York City?
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Eco-Artist Kathleen Nowak Tucci on Creating Art From Trash
The craft artist has found a clever way to recycle rubber; see her work at this weekend’s Craft2Wear show and Smithsonian benefit sale
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