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Making a Home in a Dinosaur Egg
There were five spherical eggs in the 70-something-million-year-old clutch. One egg was cracked in half and filled with cocoons
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Removed as minister of antiquities, the high profile archaeologist no longer holds the keys to 5,000 years of Egyptian history
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The Great Hall of American Wonders Opens Today at American Art
A new show looks at the growth of science and technology in the 19th century, as a new nation embraced the transformative power of American ingenuity
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Meal planning has become like triage; we eat whatever is most urgently ripe
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How the Great White Egret Spurred Bird Conservation
I was certain that the bird’s plumage had to have been faked, but all the photographer did was darken the background. Those feathers were real
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Dinosaurs are famous for the gargantuan sizes some attained, and that’s why these minuscule skeleton sculptures are so charming
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America’s First Great Global Warming Debate
Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster argue over conventional wisdom that lasted thousands of years
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Weekend Events July 15-17: The Inca Road, Pheon and More
This weekend take part in a satellite discussion about the Inca Road, Pheon and a look into a new American History exhibition
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Some playthings veer off into sheer ridiculousness when it comes to interacting with what’s on a plate
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There’s a Drought—Is It Climate Change?
Despite the heat waves across the country, no one is screaming “climate change is real” because of them. Why?
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Is Race a Social Construct? The Natural History Museum Investigates
The Natural History Museum’s newest exhibition “Race: Are We So Different,” opened on June 18. Here’s a look inside
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A Truly Exceptional Allosaurus
Cope did not know it at the time, but he had described an especially large representative of a species his rival had named just a year before
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Making Beautiful Art out of Beach Plastic
Artists Judith and Richard Lang comb the California beaches, looking for trash for their captivating, yet unsettling work
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Dinosaur Sighting: Roadside Triceratops
The main drag of Dinosaur, Colorado is festooned with a number of goofy-looking dinosaurs
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Castaway Cuisine, Fictional and Real
How would you survive if stranded on a desert island with only your wits and the resources at hand?
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The Cambrian Explosion in Song
What does a music teacher do when he ends up teaching science?
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Newly Digitized Images of the Scopes Monkey Trial Reveal the Witnesses
The Smithsonian Institution Archives commemorate the 86th anniversary of The State of Tennessee v. John Scopes with 25 newly digitized portraits
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