Iceberg armadas and flickering climates: how one good idea led to more, and we appreciated anew the world’s complexity
If bacterial life did arise on an Earth-like early Mars, we should be able to find its fossil remains preserved in those red rocks
Seeking gifts from the sea, Sanibel-style
Seeking gifts from the sea, Sanibel-style
Plant and the butterflies will come: This summer the Smithsonian’s new garden welcomes its winged visitors
My Psychiatrist Tells Me I Have ‘Sci-Fitis’…
On an ordinary April day the weirdness came to town
My Dog Has Fleas, Also My Cat, My Bird, My…
These tiny prehistoric parasites have evolved a bold array of weapons, the better to torture their hosts
At the Fourth of July Butterfly Count, devotees census swallowtails, wood-nymphs and all their colorful kin
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
How a snake, attended by alarums and excursions, made it from an Asian jungle to the National Zoo and so to its present berth in a Smithsonian museum
For Our Nuclear Wastes, There’s Gridlock on the Way to the Dump
It’s not an emergency yet, but we have tons of the stuff, some of it hot, some not so hot, and nobody can agree on where to bury it
On the Trail of the Stealth Birds of Our Wetlands
With its cunning camouflage and some mighty morphing, a bittern can be one tough bird to find and a tough customer to boot
At the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, we are gaining insights for our society in the 21st century
Review of ‘Doc: Then and Now with a Montana Physician’
Review of ‘Doc: Then and Now with a Montana Physician’
It’s in the Air: Skin, Stardust, Radio Waves, Vitamins, Spider Legs
We seldom notice air, but there’s more going on in that cubic foot of the ether in front of our faces than most of us would ever guess
The Cattle Ranch That Doubles As a School for Doers
Punching cows and hitting the books go together at Deep Springs, a feisty college that acts like it’s run by the students and it is
Shhhh…Those ‘Peculiar People’ Are Listening
They’re out there in there boondocks, doing their best to record the pure sounds of nature while there are still some quiet places left
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