/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/95/11/95117666-6469-472a-8744-2e1079545dcc/brindled_stamiters.jpg)
Audubon Pranked Fellow Naturalist by Making Up Fake Rodents
Annoyed with naturalist and houseguest Constantine Rafinesque, John J. Audubon dreamed up 28 non-existent species
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f4/09/f4098ce3-7d2f-4392-ba8c-f77f8812566f/chain_catshark.jpg)
“Shark Vision” Shines Light on Biofluorescent Species
Using a specially designed filter, divers uncovered the glowing patterns on the skin of catsharks
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/19/87/1987b0e9-3018-4371-9b3a-feecb78282e0/cosmic_web.png)
Take in the Beauty of This Gravity Web That Connects Galaxies Across the Universe
A new simulation visualizes how distant galaxies might be connected
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/9e/b9/9eb9cb13-5370-4703-9791-08d4fea3837a/chernobyl_nuclear_power_plant_new_safe_confinement_26447282122_l.jpg)
Thirty Years Later, a Gigantic Arch Is Set to Cover Chernobyl
The New Safe Confinement is one of history’s most ambitious engineering projects—and it comes not a moment too soon
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d2/3a/d23a18c6-49b2-4cdd-90cd-e64bb6bf4f14/ap_386610078737.jpg)
Fire Devastates New Delhi’s National Museum of Natural History
A late night blaze guts one of India’s favorite museums, destroying valuable collections and exhibits
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/e8/bb/e8bb7b70-8bc3-4ca5-93d7-b415c241833d/codp_visualise.png)
Explore 300 Terabytes of CERN Data Now Free to Download
CERN’s latest data dump includes raw information from the Large Hadron Collider
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8b/69/8b69d640-3130-4563-b0f2-06a899b2ead1/maxresdefault.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/07/ad/07ada26d-88b4-45e3-ac36-b4f8833ad17c/42-73524589.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/aa/61/aa615d1a-22bb-46f1-bb14-6acf7284fcbd/42-63147160.jpg)
Marijuana Advocates Want to Establish a Standard Unit of Highness
What’s the weed equivalent to an alcoholic drink?
:focal(688x694:689x695)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/66/81/66812a7c-623f-4542-8cc6-06bf76b7398e/bubble_nebula.jpg)
The Hubble Scoped This Space Bubble Just in Time For Its Birthday
The Hubble Telescope has been in orbit for 26 years
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d7/22/d722d963-2730-4a67-9bbb-0a70d201cca3/42-43403790.jpg)
Damien Hirst’s Artworks May Leak Formaldehyde Gas
Where does art end and hazard begin?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/50/73/5073547e-16a3-4b2a-ac14-44369636c7b2/tired_capuchin.jpg)
21 Million Years Ago, Monkeys May Have Floated to North America on Rafts
Fossil teeth in Panama show monkeys made it to Central America, probably on floating mats of vegetation
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f0/8f/f08f69f2-27e9-438f-88de-e3cba5475f9f/42-45543921.jpg)
How Indonesia’s “Death Zoo” Got Its Grisly Reputation
Will Rama the tiger’s demise prompt action at a zoo known for its filthy, overcrowded conditions?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ca/c3/cac32b35-43b2-4beb-bf71-498ca306647f/42-81650889.jpg)
Three People Hit With Criminal Charges Over Flint Water Crisis
Two state officials and a city employee are the first to be charged in connection with the Flint water crisis
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/7b/65/7b652045-b623-415c-8380-3fecb6bc18bd/bleached_coral.jpg)
Mass Bleaching Destroys Swaths of the Great Barrier Reef
Surveys show that 55 percent of reefs surveyed were severely affected by high water temperatures, with half of those expected to die
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/c6/3d/c63d2c2e-c3d2-42fa-bc78-bac2c0dba7c6/42-77923889.jpg)
More Than Half of All Americans Breathe Polluted Air
166 million people a year are exposed to air that’s too dangerous to breathe
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/54/c4/54c40e09-a8ec-4fbe-92c3-069f379afd99/42-31200808.jpg)
Every City Has a Unique Microbial “Fingerprint”
From architecture to microbes, every city is different
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/80/6a/806ab96b-0607-4a69-a007-493d9c892642/intense_bee_stare.jpg)
Do Insects Have Consciousness and Ego?
The brains of insects are similar to a structure in human brains, which could show a rudimentary form of consciousness
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ab/15/ab153bfa-0730-4c91-b20e-d4360c67c827/screen_shot_2016-04-18_at_55338_pm.png)
Watch Earth’s Atmosphere Brilliantly Light Up From Space
The glow isn’t from an aurora, it’s a phenomena called airglow
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/62/d6/62d62f42-9b6f-4854-bd38-ebd072f26a23/polio_vaccine.jpg)
Vaccine Switch Marks a New (and Hopefully Last) Stage in the Battle With Polio
Over the weekend, health officials began replacing the current polio vaccination in an effort to wipe out one of three strains of the virus
Page 401 of 537