/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1f/91/1f91a63c-744c-4d4a-a6be-6e10874b18cd/08_22_2014_diverse_students.jpg)
White kids will represent less than half the public school population this year
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/9e/cd/9ecd81b2-ca50-4bf1-a1f7-27c2b03f116a/42-59657787.jpg)
New research indicates that young marine species can be picky about where they choose to settle
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ed/42/ed42d08f-cf94-4767-a4b7-56a4bb4ff361/08_22_2014_bitcoin.jpg)
An eBay-owned company—that runs payments systems for AirBnB & Uber—is thinking about accepting Bitcoin
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b4/70/b4705464-e611-4d6b-b31e-c935f70e7886/08_22_2014_laser.jpg)
This is what happens when you refuse to do things the easy way
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/36/75/36753d56-1b6f-42cb-812e-87fde5817a71/42-46206640.jpg)
The new form of transportation looks like it came here from the future
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ea/33/ea3343e5-016b-415b-86c1-10bf5210f1a1/gamers.jpg)
Smartphones likely explain the sudden spike in the number of female gamers
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b7/4a/b74ace0d-2cea-41d1-b7a2-784d56e2fe02/42-59758062.jpg)
Vultures are being targeted by elephant poachers in Africa
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/9e/4e/9e4e83e8-d877-493c-81c6-86ba1b7f77eb/08_21_2014_ozone.jpg)
Emissions of carbon tetrachrloride are still 30% of peak emissions
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1f/52/1f52b3a0-1dac-4492-8694-752751c7eb52/soldier.jpg)
Photographer Thom Atkinson traces the evolution of wooden spears to sniper rifles
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/db/04/db042a75-d498-4a55-bb99-df492caece7a/08_21_2014_skyrim.jpg)
People behave differently depending on the appearance of their digital avatar
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/de/86/de861e92-bb2c-4598-b5d2-d852644891d2/42-49806148.jpg)
A new study pushes back the date of land snails being consumed in the Mediterranean
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2c/3c/2c3c0f27-1b2a-4e4d-af03-f25af4961e17/42-59762007.jpg)
A new study finds that TB is not only younger than we thought, but it also spread in weird ways
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2e/0a/2e0a5abd-9433-4c3d-b769-6a3fe713b2f6/gecko.jpg)
Geckos take advantage of van der Waals forces to run across ceilings, but a simple shift allows them to drop to the ground
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/10/34/10343b3d-e63a-49ca-8b43-27588da1f028/08_21_2014_tomato.jpg)
Geneticists are working to circumvent the tomato's circadian rhythm
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/9e/d6/9ed6a62c-1c53-42f7-b1da-495a0400fdd1/zoo.jpg)
Some zoo landscaping is designed to keep the animals within their cages, not for them to interact with
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/7e/73/7e73c884-38de-412e-bb06-fb24a681aa91/08_20_2014_corpse.jpg)
When you die in Delaware, you no longer need to die online.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/72/3e/723e93c1-53c9-4dc0-b116-9bda0795d1a3/dog.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/90/f4/90f47d8c-c6cf-4d5f-814f-83b40fd37c9e/08_20_2014_iud.jpg)
Colorado pins its dropping teen pregnancy rate on improved access to birth control
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/36/80/3680a8f7-f646-4d2c-a33a-f45f2a876005/42-59155104.jpg)
But the industry still has a few hitches to work out—like solar panels burning birds
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ad/58/ad58492f-6967-42df-944c-81c3802acfba/120306-m-0000p-000.jpg)
The Marines are storing tanks and other large equipment in large caves in Norway
Page 748 of 952
