/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/4e/86/4e86cd13-cae9-4552-905e-cc52f1454e43/11_13_2014_ebola.jpg)
First Ever Experimental Drug Trials on Ebola Patients to Begin Next Month
Three potential Ebola drugs are being fast tracked to trials in west Africa
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/77/c2/77c205f9-296f-43d6-bed1-acde6301307a/42-58749077.jpg)
Mind Control Turns Mouse Genes On and Off And Could Treat Diseases
An innovative experiment in mice shows how scientists could develop medications that dispense with the power of thought
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/17/f6/17f65bb4-71d8-42a6-bd41-4ad749317c45/42-53014878.jpg)
Giant, Slow-Moving Sharks Are Secretly Everywhere
We know very little about Greenland sharks, including the extent of their range, but what we do know is intriguing
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ff/61/ff61d407-152d-4d9c-b20b-38742c5f9ef6/42-17988256.jpg)
More Evidence That There’s a Connection Between a Person’s Gut Bacteria And Brain
Bacteria can affect your brain, but it’s still too early to do much with the information
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/5f/a0/5fa0ce9f-8c95-4490-bb6b-265c025d610c/42-63595613.jpg)
Californians Will Soon Be Swimming in Fukushima-Irradiated Water
Radiation took two-and-a-half years to make it across the ocean—but don’t worry, the levels of radiation are harmless
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/18/1a/181aedc6-4507-4786-90fa-ad3b15083f75/11_12_2014_glacier.jpg)
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ba/8b/ba8b77d3-bebf-4353-b8ae-553a132d5045/farewell_philae_-_narrow-angle_view.jpg)
Comet 67P Has a Welcome Song for Rosetta And Philae
A successful touchdown after the comet chase is just the herald of more discoveries to come, including the cause of the comet’s strange song
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/f7/3e/f73eea44-c133-4a90-a481-59ea579a769f/insight.jpg)
Momentarily tuning out the world seems to be a requirement for tapping into an insightful idea
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/cb/d0/cbd0eb3c-942b-439f-9fb4-7721e43c7f29/11_12_2014_china_climate_deal.jpg)
China’s Climate Promises: Necessary, But Not Sufficient
The new U.S. and Chinese climate goals are important, but they’re not enough to stop the problem
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ba/bf/babf02ac-8ead-4872-8f8b-6dfb29ba00e0/42-59758555.jpg)
Beyond Owls And Larks: There Are Four Types of Sleepers
The two new groups include people who are rather energetic all day and others who are lethargic
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/35/d1/35d10067-dd92-43da-95e8-0964333c370b/42-33411994.jpg)
A Single Smelly Compound Sparks Carnivores’ Lust for Blood
When given scented wooden blocks soaked in this single chemical, captive carnivores go wild
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2b/01/2b013273-b101-4e32-8ec2-7e74ba877669/cat.jpg)
How Cats Transformed From Wild Animals to Cuddly Companions
Genetically, there’s not that much separating feline pets from jungle beasts
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/4a/5a/4a5ae481-aad3-4ed0-984b-df1feeafddc6/11_11_2014_rosetta.jpg)
Tomorrow, a Man-made Spacecraft Will Land On a Comet for the First Time, Ever
The action starts bright and early
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/ef/83/ef83ddcf-3a22-44bc-bf4d-a253920f5c46/42-35853891.jpg)
Can’t Clap to the Beat? You Might be Beat-Deaf
For some people, tapping their foot to the beat is a challenge at a fundamental level
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/1b/20/1b2087de-0cb8-4db8-aa1e-a36606f04ae8/ih049305.jpg)
Researchers Are Examining a 9,000-Year-Old Bison Mummy
The well-mummified specimen of a steppe bison, a now-extinct species that lived in the Ice Age, has intact organs
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/4f/89/4f894688-4a5c-496c-b3cb-407c749b6352/42-47904806.jpg)
What If There Are Parallel Universes Jostling Ours?
It could explain a lot of weird, quantum physics
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/d4/0f/d40f19cb-6475-4e1b-9957-d63f5ae98eb9/42-21800200.jpg)
Large Dinosaurs Had a Nesting Strategy to Avoid Breaking Eggs
Oviaptorosaurs likely kept their eggs in open nests—more like bird than crocodiles—but needed to arrange their eggs carefully
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/6b/e3/6be355e2-03aa-4b7f-accd-29feaa54f8ad/ghost.jpg)
Scientists Figured Out How to Make People “Feel” an Otherworldly Presence
Feeling like a ghost or an angel is near is likely caused by a blip in how our brain processes self awareness and our sense of place in space
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b6/c2/b6c2490d-f066-4720-8e05-a5b1b62c8cc3/42-31332057.jpg)
Arctic Squirrels Use Steroids to Bulk Up But Don’t Suffer the Consequences
Fat alone couldn’t get these squirrels through hibernation in burrows that get almost as chilly as -10 degrees Fahrenheit
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2f/43/2f43fc95-dc00-48b3-8f7f-bb38c8636650/11_06_2014_table_leg.jpg)
The Foolproof Way to Fix a Wobbly Table
Solving life’s challenges one at a time—with math!
Page 469 of 550