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A still life from Annie Leibovitz's Pilgrimage, on view at the American Art Museum

Events Jan 24-26: Annie Leibovitz’s Pilgrimage, Profile America Forum, and Flights of Fancy

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D.C. Museums and the National Zoo Delay Openings Today

The Smithsonian Institution today announced that it will delay the openings of all the Washington, DC area museums and the National Zoo until 11 a.m.

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Curators, Scientific Adventurers and Book Worms to Watch in 2012

Our top ten picks from the Smithsonian Twitterati and blogrolls

The C/2011 N3 comet is caught on a coronagraph, an image that blocks out the sun to reveal its corona.

A Comet’s Death Caught on Camera

Comets dive into the sun frequently, but previous ones had been too small and dim to be seen against the glaring backdrop

Meringue cookies

Meringue Chemistry: The Secrets of Fluff

If these things were made by Renaissance chefs in the days before electric mixers, surely I could manage to whip some up myself

Frank Keating comes to sign copies of his book at the American Indian Museum.

Q & A with Governor and Children’s Book Author Frank Keating

We speak with Keating about his career transformation and one of the most overlooked stories in American history

Woman of the year 2000

In The Future, All Women Will Be Amazons

Costa Concordia cruise ship runs aground

Cruise Ship Disaster Arouses Concerns, Memory

The Genoa-based Costa cruise line, owner of the stricken Concordia, has had troubles before

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Food Futures for 2012: Blogs, Books and Feeds to Watch

Which sites are particularly worth your time this year?

Gina Carano and Channing Tatum star in Relativity Media's HAYWIRE

Women Action Stars: From Haywire to The Perils of Pauline

Crediting some stars who preceded Gina Carano on screen

One of the sad dinosaurs at Stewart's Petrified Wood near Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

What Are the Worst Roadside Dinosaurs?

The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America’s highways are often sad, malformed creatures. What do you think is the best of the worst?

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History Writers to Watch in 2012

A rundown of historians, authors and bloggers to follow in the coming year

Andrew, bundled against the blazing sun, releases a big brown trout.

Catch and Release: A Wicked Game?

Fishing is an effective means of bringing people to the water’s edge o admire the ecosystem and consider the value in preserving it

See Alice Waters and her new portrait side-by-side on Friday.

Weekend Events January 20-22: An Evening with Alice Waters, Create Your Own Peacock Room and Dance for the Dying

Ceratosaurus nasicornis at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

The Largest Ceratosaurus

How many species of this rare, ornamented genus were there?

What can eye-tracking teach us?

Are Your Eyes Also a Window to Your Brain?

Research shows you can learn a few things about a person by watching where they’re looking.

“Penguin Interviews,” via Frederick Cook’s Through the first Antarctic night, 1896-1899.

A Different Kind of Dinner Bell in the Antarctic

How do you catch a penguin supper when you’re trapped in Antarctic ice? Play music

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Inside Dr. Who’s Dinosaur Invasion

Dr. Who sported some of the worst dinosaurs on television. This video explains why

The newly commissioned Alice Waters portrait

Historian Amy Henderson: Food, Glorious Food

At the Portrait Gallery, Historian Amy Henderson Awaits the Presentation of a New Portrait of Chef Alice Waters

Learn the story behind Dale Chihuly's Blanket Cylinder Series at the Renwick Gallery.

Events January 17-19: The Loving Story, Blanket Cylinder Series and Beat the Blues

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