/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/53/42/5342009e-97a5-4bf2-b114-9153b6db789c/nt3765665.jpg)
The Desire to Conform Starts In Toddlers
Apes don’t have this problem — if they know the answer to a puzzle, they’ll do it, regardless of what their friends might think
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8b/0a/8b0ac744-daa9-4945-9f84-cbfad5d3173e/42-60477997.jpg)
1,800 Studies Later, Scientists Conclude Homeopathy Doesn’t Work
A major Australian study debunks homeopathy—again
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/65/ed/65ed6b04-2195-472d-8a56-d6ad2b4fbeef/42-28253543.jpg)
The Galaxy May Be Way Bigger Than We Thought
New data analysis suggests that the Milky Way may be 50-percent larger than previously believed
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/aa/98/aa98f92f-b36b-41de-acde-eda6d15a3e2c/42-19909470.jpg)
How the Sugar Industry Influenced Dental Research
Newly uncovered “sugar papers” reveal that the sugar lobby played a major role in 1970s dental public health policies
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/e6/bb/e6bb04ce-19eb-4235-ae2f-e1e8df2634df/42-17307951.jpg)
We Finally Know How Chameleons Change Their Color
Chameleons’ secret involves tiny crystals under their skin
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/fe/f7/fef75705-4d33-4e55-b74d-d7d70fccbba1/csm002143.jpg)
Our Brains Hate Waiting So We Sped Up Everything Else
Sidewalk rage, road rage and anger at slow-loading web pages are all part of our evolutionary inheritance
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/6d/02/6d026156-7633-4ec4-9fb9-ed8eb3c341f2/14-14577-large.jpg)
One of the Oldest Known Animals Is This Tiny, Ancient Sponge
A new fossil find pushes back the start of the evolution of multicellular animals
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/24/64/24647fc4-1f58-40cc-b0b3-3437f8952833/zodiacal_light_42-68303466.jpg)
Catch a Glimpse of the Zodiacal Light Show This Month
For some in the northern hemisphere, a celestial treat sometimes referred to as “false dusk” is lighting up the night
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/33/1c/331cbb2c-6ded-4a18-a582-1418269f7085/42-53731683.jpg)
China’s Smog Might Be to Blame for the East Coast’s Rough Winter
A NASA visualization shows how particles from East Asia can swirl into Pacific storms—a source of precipitation for the U.S.
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/30/6d/306d062e-48ed-4f8e-bcb7-05984f3b1546/42-15123797.jpg)
The Loud Noise of Melting Glaciers May Actually Be Good for Animals
Melting glacier ice has been found to the loudest noise in the ocean—what does that mean for marine animals?
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/28/e1/28e1144b-616c-44ed-ae50-9e58e94123eb/42-22936559.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20/a7/20a799a8-bf70-456a-b80a-879018b719f7/spodoptera_littoralis.jpg)
These Moths Remember Where They Mated for the First Time
The locale of the African cotton leafworm moth’s first experience pairing up forms its future preferences, a new study shows
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/8e/15/8e157ee0-f255-4e9e-83f8-ce216b645d72/arsenic_town_42-30118896.jpg)
Centuries of Poison-Laced Water Gave These People a Tolerance to Arsenic
Some citizens of a remote village in the Andes have a genetic adaptation that allows them to quickly process high levels of arsenic, a new study shows
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/02/e5/02e5bc7c-3c5f-4818-8131-3c304565f12c/20150305-elnino_arrives_unlabeled.jpg)
Gear Up for a Scorcher of a Year: El Niño Has Officially Arrived
It’s later than usual and weak, but definitely here
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b8/59/b859697d-24bf-4c45-9724-abdb5c425cb7/42-62238413.jpg)
From dancing cranes to protective structures, origami is popping up in science and tech
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/33/91/339190b2-f156-4871-8390-3e9836127c0c/42-65317473.jpg)
Downlink connection confirms that the spacecraft is in orbit around the dwarf planet
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ac/16/ac161c14-79bd-4cf2-8d7e-5a7512cf2065/jc001075.jpg)
NASA’s Next Space Robot Was Inspired by a Baby’s Toy
Meet the Super Ball Bot, a flexible robot that could explore new planets
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/eb/9b/eb9b0d73-a425-48d7-9b23-20a101ea6ec1/42-29054803.jpg)
Metal Rain Could Explain Why the Earth Made of Different Stuff Than the Moon
A new study shows that iron-rich asteroids could have vaporized when they hit the early Earth
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f7/7d/f77d87c6-e4d2-49cf-88ea-e4075205eb77/42-15208626.jpg)
U.S. Heroin Overdose Rate Nearly Quadruples
As prescription painkillers become more difficult to abuse, the face of heroin addiction is changing
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/e2/76/e27602dd-01d2-42c5-9060-24fa25975bea/snowfallaggregate2.jpg)
The First Photos of Free-Falling Snowflakes Reveal Their Imperfections
Collisions in mid-air often produce ice crystal aggregates, rather than single symmetrical flakes
Page 441 of 537