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What Scientists Now Know About Repairing Memories
Recent research suggests that the brain rebuilds a memory every time it is recalled. And that creates a window of opportunity for changing it
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Delicious Molds: Four Fungi Fit For Your Plate
Some molds are perfectly fit for consumption, if not desired to produce fine dining fare
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Your Fruits and Vegetables Can Tell Day from Night—and Even Get Jet Lag
New science shows that cabbage, carrots and blueberries experience circadian rhythms, with potential consequences for nutrition
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The Octogenarian Who Took on the Shoguns
A tribesman who led a doomed revolt against Japan in 1669 still inspires new generations of Ainu nationalists
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A Visit to the Lunder Conservation Center Art Doctor
The pros at the Lunder Conservation Center offer helpful advice for collectors, including our own Jesse Rhodes
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Events June 21-23: Meet Choctaw Princesses, Skate Like the Pros and Unplug with Vandaveer
Experience the culture of the Choctaw people, learn about innovations in skateboarding and get in touch with your folksier side with Vandaveer
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Scientists Use Snails to Trace Stone Age Trade Routes in Europe
Why is a snail variety found only in Ireland and the Pyrenees? DNA analysis suggests that it hitched a boat ride with early travelers
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The Beautifully Strange Photography of Roger Ballen
A retrospective exhibit includes 55 works and the artist’s video collaboration with South Africa’s hip-hop-rave duo Die Antwoord
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Hanging Out with Elvis in Fort Worth
Hitting the road this month, curator Amy Henderson follows her show “Elvis at 21” to Texas
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How One Day Everything Could Be Recycled
Mix 3-D printers and biomimicry and what do you get? Products that are as strong, resilient, versatile—and biodegradable—as most things in nature
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How to Build a Greenland Kayak from Scratch
A Smithsonian builder takes on the challenge of crafting a kayak following a 4,000-year-old tradition
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How New Fonts Are Helping Dyslexics Read and Making Roads Safer
The right font can be appealing, but please don’t take this as an excuse to use Comic Sans
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The Surprisingly Colorful Salamanders of Appalachia
The region’s cool forests and plentiful rivers make it home to more salamander species than any other part of the world
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This Castle’s Toilet Still Holds Parasites From Crusaders’ Feces
The presence of whipworm and roundworm eggs suggest that crusaders were especially predisposed to death by malnutrition
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Seeing Pictures of Home Can Make It Harder To Speak a Foreign Language
Being exposed to faces or images that you associate with your home country primes you to think in your native tongue, a new study shows
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Events June 18-20: Native American Dolls, Animal Feedings and “Cujo”
This weekend, learn about Native American dolls, witness animal feedings at the National Zoo and watch canine horror flick “Cujo”
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The Incredible Disappearing Evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson was an American phenomenon even before she went missing for five weeks in 1926.
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
Unlock the Science and Ethics of the Human Genome in a New Exhibit at the Natural History Museum
The new exhibition celebrated 60 years of genetic research and makes it accessible to large audiences
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The Daily Planet in Film and Television
The real buildings that played the Daily Planet in film and television
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How One New York City Studio and the Brothers Behind It Helped Popularize the Daguerreotype
Two brothers and their sister built an early photography empire alongside Mathew Brady but watched in crumble in tragedy
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