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Science / Mind & Body

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Ten Science Stories You Should Have Read

My ten favorite Smithsonian science and nature stories from the past year

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Eyes Give Life to the Face

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Cootie Catchers Say Lice Reveal Lots About Early Humans

Children are returning to school and parents have done all they can to prep. But not even the most diligent efforts can save your child from the lice bug

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The Science of Football

A roundup of how scientists explain America’s most popular sport

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Flu Shots for (Nearly) All

Snow's map led him to the source of a London cholera outbreak in 1854

Cholera, John Snow and the Grand Experiment

A British physician first determined that cholera spread through contaminated water in the 1850s, but the disease remains a major health risk today

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