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The LEGO-like Building Blocks of the Olympic Slalom Canoe
How a three-time Olympic competitor designed an innovative new whitewater system using underwater bricks
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How Do You Tell Time on Mars? There’s an App for That
NASA has produced an app that helps scientists and amateurs alike keep track of time on the Red Planet
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New Wrinkle in Tarbosaurus Kerfuffle
The man who prepared an illicit tyrannosaur specimen claims that the dinosaur is rightly his
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Synthetic Food, Smart Pills and… Kangaroo Butlers?
In the 21st century, everyone will be smarter—even animals.
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Multiple Species of Early Homo Lived in Africa
New fossils unearthed in Kenya confirm that at least two species of Homo co-existed in Africa two million years ago
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African Grey Parrots Have the Reasoning Skills of 3-Year-Olds
A new experiment showed that the birds are capable of abstract logical reasoning, a trait previously shown only by primates
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The American Art Museum Announces Nominees for Contemporary Artist Award
We help you sort out who’s who from the museum’s recent announcement, in a series of three posts
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Artists Bring Dinosaurs Back to Life
A forthcoming book showcases the best of modern dinosaur art
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The Swimsuit Series, Part 5: Olympic Athletes, Posing
Vintage styles cycle in and out of favor among medal-winning racers
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Lake Baikal and More of the Weirdest Lakes of the World
Set deep within the Russian subcontinent, Baikal is the deepest, oldest and most voluminous of all lakes
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See a Google-Earth-Like View of an Embryo, Down to an Individual Cell
A new technology combines thousands of individual images to create a zoom-able picture of living tissue, down to the cellular level
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Should We Go Back to Jurassic Park?
Jurassic Park 4 is coming soon, but should we really go back to those dinosaur-infested islands?
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Frances Benjamin Johnston’s Garden Legacy: New Finds from the Archives
Research has helped identify glass lantern slides within the collection from the famed photographer’s garden images
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‘Fracking’ for Natural Gas Is Linked With Earthquakes
A new study finds a correlation between the underground injection of waste fluids from fracking and dozens of small earthquakes
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The Architecture of Memory
Memorization may seem like a brain-based skill, but it has as much to do with our bodies and our buildings
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Cars With Benefits
Soon new cars will have Internet access so carmakers are developing ways to reduce distractions. Like turning on the radio with the wink of an eye
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Julia Child’s Italian Tour: Angering Chefs and Riding on Motorcycles
Author Bob Spitz recounts his trip traveling through Italy with the culinary legend
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Look at the Writing on the Wall: Barbara Kruger Opens Soon at the Hirshhorn
The artist behind “I shop therefore I am” has plastered her monumental statements all over the Hirshhorn
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An Australian Jurassic Park?
Rumors are circling that an Australian billionaire wants to create a Jurassic Park. Could it actually work?
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