/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Human-eye-close-up-388.jpg)
The Science Behind These Amazing Photographs of the Human Eye
What makes our eye look like a desert landscape?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Smartnews-Mother-Birds-388.jpg)
Mother Birds Teach Their Eggs a Secret ‘Feed Me!’ Password
Australian female fairy-wrens don’t even wait until their young are hatched before starting to teach them life skills
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110901201811_09_2012_skyfall-bond.jpg)
Bond Villains’ Evil Plans Could Have Worked Out in the Real World
There have been a range of ridiculous evil plans throughout the years. But which are the least ridiculous?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121109123019croc.jpg)
Crocodile And Alligator Jaws Are More Sensitive Than Human Fingertips
Human fingertips are exquisitely sensitive to texture and touch, but they’ve got nothing on crocodilian jaws
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110911402311_09_2012_lego-rover.jpg)
NASA Uses Interplanetary Internet to Control Robot in Germany
We’re not going to say these are the tools of the robot apocalypse. But, they’re probably the tools of the robot apocalypse
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110910501811_09_2012_corn.jpg)
A Four-Point Plan For Feeding Nine Billion People
The world is set for food shortages as the population continues to climb. Here are four things we can do to stop it
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Smartnews-Dogs-Cats-388.jpg)
How Gigantic, Ancient Cats And Dogs Got Along
Dogs and cats have never been the best of friends, but 9 million years ago they at least lived in harmony together
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121109093018Murray-sagan.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121109085016lost.jpg)
Why We Can’t Give Good Directions
Our minds find it incredibly difficult to appreciate how the world looks to someone who doesn’t know it yet
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108020018dolphin.jpg)
Mine-Hunting Humans And Dolphins To Be Replaced by Robots
Just like human jobs, mine-sniffing dolphins are being replaced by robots
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Smartnews-ISS-388.jpg)
Having Trouble Finding the ISS in the Night Sky? Have NASA Text You
NASA will email or text you to let you know when the ISS will be in your area
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108110020parrot.jpg)
Watch These Beetles Tear the Feathers off a Parrot
Sometimes you just want a skeleton
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108101017dracula.jpg)
Happy Birthday to the Father of the Modern Vampire
If Bram Stoker were alive today, he’d be 165—pretty young for a vampire
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110809301911_08_2012_pettit-cameras.jpg)
How Astronauts Take Such Beautiful Photographs in Space
How do astronauts capture such amazing photos? What gear do they use? What problems do they run in to?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108082018rat.jpg)
Blind Humans Can Learn To Sense Like a Rat With Whiskers
Finger-censor “whiskers” could someday help blind people sense surrounding objects like a rodent
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108072016opposite.jpg)
The Scientific Reason Complementary Colors Look Good Together
Science explains the dynamics behind bold pairings of complementary colors
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20121108065017mole-rats.jpg)
Blind Mole Rats’ Cells Self-Destruct Before They Can Turn Cancerous
Researchers tease out the secret behind blind mole rats’ resistance to cancer
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110701002411_07_2012_dengue-fever.jpg)
A Conservative Estimate For Dengue Fever Infections in India: 37 Million Each Year
Dengue fever is become more common worldwide, and India has been particularly hard hit
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110712201411_07_2012_laser-hands-2.jpg)
Picking Up Bacteria Is Now As Easy As Playing a Video Game
Using your hands, a Microsoft Kinect, and some laser tweezers, you can push around nanoscale objects
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012110711101811_07_2012_fracking-trucks.jpg)
Researchers Find Fracking Might Cause Earthquakes After All
New research makes the previously-tangential relationship between fracking and earthquakes much more firm
Page 1095 of 1132