Nightjars Are Everywhere, But Just Try Finding One
Catching a glimpse of these night-loving birds, which include the whip-poor-will, challenges even the most avid bird-watcher
Vostok: Looking for Life Beneath an Antarctic Glacier
In what may be the world’s largest lake ever seen by a human eye, the search begins
The “Indomitable” MRI
Raymond Damadian’s medical imaging machine set off a revolution but not without controversy
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Charting the Terrain of Touch
At MIT’s Laboratory for Human and Machine Haptics, researchers are probing the inner workings of our hands
Horning In?
Bighorn sheep have made a big comeback in recent years, but some developers out West think they’re intruders
Squaring the Circle Is No Piece of Pi
Mathematicians have sliced, and now supercomputers have crunched, but the mystery of pi goes on and on and…
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Batty About Flying Foxes
Long considered black devils with wings, these bats today are stealing hearts – and mangoes – across Australia
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A Celestial News Bureau
Three Smithsonian astronomers run a worldwide news service about what is happening overhead
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Birds, Bees and Even Nectar-feeding Bats Do It
Across our fields, orchards and backyard gardens, the pollinators we rely on for the food we eat are facing threats on many fronts
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Bone Specialist On Call
A Smithsonian anthropologist applies his expertise to cases of missing children and disaster victims
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Evidence for a Flood
Sediment layers suggest that 7,500 years ago Mediterranean water roared into the Black Sea
Wanted, Dead or Alive
When scientists go scavenging at a bioblitz, anything they can find that’s organic is considered fair game
The Biggest One That Didn’t Get Away
A real fish tale hangs on a monster marlin caught nearly a half-century ago
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A Second Wind
An unlikely alliance of Midwesterners says it is time to take another look at generating electricity through wind power
Night Belongs to the Kiwi
It may look fuzzy and adorable but this New Zealand bird is one tough customer
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Hawaii’s Vanished Birds
For the National Zoological Park, an artist depicts the diversity of the islands’ extinct avian species
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