WARNING: Words fill Anu Garg’s dreams, and waking hours too. He shares his favorites on the Web with thousands
According to advertising guru James Twitchell, every symbol, from Alka-Seltzer’s Speedy to the Energizer Bunny, plants powerful notions of who we are
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A Smithsonian anthropologist applies his expertise to cases of missing children and disaster victims
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Over the centuries, visionary mathematicians laid the foundation for how we view life’s gambles
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A Social Divide Written in Stone
Archaeological research at Cliff Palace resumes after 80 years. Surprises are the order of the day
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Darwin believed expressions of emotion reveal the unity of humans and their continuity with animals
At a small hospital in Vermont, nurses practice medicine as an art, marshaling compassion and skill in equal measure
In the ever-expanding field of anthropology, the Smithsonian still excels in research and exhibition
What’s in a Name? Sometimes More Than Meets the Eye
Jokes, puns, even insults when it comes to deciding what to call newly discovered species, scientists don’t always go by the book
Let’s Hear It for the Lowly Sound Bite!
In which it is amply demonstrated that the sound bite, long a pariah of pundits and pooh-bahs, is really a help meet to man
My Psychiatrist Tells Me I Have ‘Sci-Fitis’…
On an ordinary April day the weirdness came to town
Science Defined by the Hands of a Book Artist
You can’t always tell a book by its cover; in fact, it may not even have a cover. These artists’ books convey their message in unexpected ways
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Charles Csuri is an ‘Old Master’ in a New Medium
When a big mainframe first showed up at Ohio State University, this member of the artfaculty began moonlighting across the quad
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