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The Benefits of Daydreaming
A new study indicates that daydreamers are better at remembering information in the face of distraction
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Aquatic Dinosaurs? Not So Fast!
A cell biologist says dinosaurs spent their days floating in lakes, but his idea doesn’t hold water
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Making Noise and Selling Ice Cream
Put the bumpy, sour, off-key sound of a mobile ice cream vendor on repeat and play it loud, and you’ve got an infectious earworm
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Salk, Sabin and the Race Against Polio
As polio ravaged patients worldwide, two gifted American researchers developed distinct vaccines against it. Then the question was: Which one to use?
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Cute Baby Animal Watch: Black Howler Monkey Edition
Breaking news: Cute baby monkey born at the zoo!
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New Hominid Fossil Foot Belonged to Lucy’s Neighbor
A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot shows that early hominids had more than one way of walking around
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Dinosaur Sighting: Our Lady of Sauropods
For an April Fool’s prank, one of our readers created a burning sauropod
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Events April 3-5: Spring Break, Let’s Move! and Baseball Presidencies
Spend spring break at the National Portrait Gallery, explore the Smithsonian gardens, and learn about baseball’s special place in our presidential history
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The Brain is Full of Surprises
New research suggests the brain is more organized than previously thought and alsothat a full memory can reside within only a few neurons
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Hiroshima, U.S.A.
In 1950, a popular magazine depicted what an atomic bomb would do to New York City—in gruesome detail
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Picture of the Week: A Deep View of the Universe
A new survey of a slice of the distant reaches of the universe reveals 200,000 galaxies
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When Runaway Planets Go 30 Million Miles Per Hour
A new discovery indicates some planets may be flung out of our galaxy at velocities a few percent of the speed of light
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How Ideas Become Shoes: Creativity in Process
Using shoe design to understand human creativity
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Historic Film Studios Gone, but Not Forgotten
The demolition of buildings in West Hollywood and New York City leads us to ask: “What parts of our film heritage are we going to keep?”
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Allosaurus Ink
When I decided to get my first science tattoo, the choice was clear—it had to be Allosaurus
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More Brews and Booze from Around the Globe
Ignore everyone and beware of liquid that looks like water—because it’s probably chacha, and in the Republic of Georgia, locals will make you drink it
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Coming Soon: A Natural History of the Cell Phone
An upcoming Natural History Museum exhibit will look at the cultural and ecological effects of mobile phones
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Time to Reinvent the Parking Lot
Some urban planners and architects say we can do a lot better than asphalt slabs and concrete boxes
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Is the Future of Journalism Computerized?
New artificial intelligence programs can analyze data sets to produce news articles that mimic the human voice
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