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Edgar Allan Poe: Pioneer, Genius, Oddity
On this day in 1849, America lost an innovative, unique and utterly strange literary giant
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Just how many different dinosaurs existed in North America during the end of the Cretaceous? It’s a matter of huge debate
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Five Historic Female Mathematicians You Should Know
Albert Einstein called Emmy Noether a “creative mathematical genius”
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Classic Movie Theaters: The Colonial, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
A recurring series about movie theaters of the past
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Zoo Celebrates Birth of Baby Tree Shrews
A pair of tiny mammals emerge from their nest fully grown at the Zoo
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Five Nobel Laureates Who Made Food History
These five Nobelists have made food safer or more available, or increased our knowledge of it
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Who Can Identify the World’s Rarest Butterfly
Two scientists are in a grim contest to document some of the animal kingdom’s most endangered species
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Weekend Events Oct. 7-9: Native Americans and the Courts, Balloons and Blimps and Shadow Magic
Understand how the U.S. courts system has affected Native Americans, learn about the science of balloons and take in a Chinese film at the Freer gallery
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The World Monuments Fund 2012 Watch List
The latest Watch List from the World Monuments Fund cites 67 invaluable places in need of attention, in some cases protection from tourists
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The Many Contributions of Steve Jobs (1955-2011)
The extraordinary career of the entrepreneur is chronicled in the Smithsonian collections
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Steve Jobs: Futurist, Optimist
The innovator wasn’t just this generation’s Thomas Edison, he was also its Walt Disney
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Ann Finkbeiner: Why I Like Science
As a way of working, it’s wide-open, competitive, nit-picky and nerve-wracking; it’s outright warfare
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The truck came by slowly and a spotlight swept the river bottom. “My God—they’re hunting me!”
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America’s Real Jurassic Park Re-Opens
The quarry wall strewn with hundreds of bones representing some of the most famous dinosaurs is now open to the public again
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Law and Order: New Culinary Crimes
Burglary, felony theft, criminal mischief, abusing a corpse—last month alone was rife with food-related crimes and convictions
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In Search of Queen Victoria’s Voice
The British monarch was present when a solicitor demonstrated one of the earliest audio recording devices. But did she really say “tomatoes”?
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A Tribute to a Great Artist: Steve Jobs
Through mastering calligraphy in college, Jobs learned to think like an artist
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The List: Top Eleven Things to Do this Month at the Smithsonian After Work
Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events
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Science on Screen: Explaining Why Zombies Want to Eat You and Other Mysteries of Life
A film series examines how movies make use of science
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