Smart News Science | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/smartnews-science/RSS feed for Smart News ScienceenTue, 16 Mar 2021 18:24:15 +0000Twin Birth Rates Have Soared Globally in the Last Three Decadeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/twinning-twin-rates-have-increased-globally-last-three-decades-180977243/The trend is a result of women deciding to have children later in life and the use of medically assisted reproduction methodsTue, 16 Mar 2021 18:24:15 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/twinning-twin-rates-have-increased-globally-last-three-decades-180977243/To Study Night-Shining Clouds, NASA Used Its 'Super Soaker' Rocket to Make a Fake Onehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/nasa-created-wispy-glowing-clouds-study-their-formation-180977190/In summer months above the North and South Poles, glowing clouds occasionally form naturally at sunset under the right conditionsWed, 10 Mar 2021 12:45:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/nasa-created-wispy-glowing-clouds-study-their-formation-180977190/Volunteers Scramble to Save Thousands of Sea Turtles Following Polar Vortex in Texashttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/volunteers-save-thousands-sea-turtles-hypothermic-shock-lone-star-states-arctic-freeze-180977049/As of last Wednesday, at least 3,500 sea turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in the midst record-breaking winter storm Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:19:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/volunteers-save-thousands-sea-turtles-hypothermic-shock-lone-star-states-arctic-freeze-180977049/Sea Cucumber Poop Could Revitalize Coral Reefshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/sea-cucumbers-aid-reef-ecosystems-their-dung-180976946/In one reef, three million sea cucumbers released 64,000 metric tons of nutrient-packed poo back into the ecosystemMon, 08 Feb 2021 20:11:21 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/sea-cucumbers-aid-reef-ecosystems-their-dung-180976946/Climate Changes Bears Down on This Remote Russian Settlementhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/climate-change-bears-down-on-this-remote-russian-settlement-180971479/The surge of hungry four-legged visitors to Belushya Guba is part of a larger trendTue, 12 Feb 2019 21:06:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/climate-change-bears-down-on-this-remote-russian-settlement-180971479/Real Planet Discovered Where Vulcan Home World in "Star Trek" Is Sethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/real-planet-discovered-where-vulcan-home-world-star-trek-set-180970335/"Fascinating, Captain"Wed, 19 Sep 2018 19:54:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/real-planet-discovered-where-vulcan-home-world-star-trek-set-180970335/Actually, T. Rex Probably Couldn't Stick Out Its Tonguehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/many-dinosaurs-including-trex-may-have-been-unable-stick-out-their-tongues-180969429/The tongues of bird-like dinosaurs and pterosaurs, however, may have been more mobileThu, 21 Jun 2018 20:36:39 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/many-dinosaurs-including-trex-may-have-been-unable-stick-out-their-tongues-180969429/Today, Cassini Will Say Goodbye to Saturn’s Moon Dionehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/today-cassini-will-say-goodbye-saturns-moon-dione-180956298/It's curtains for the NASA mission's close relationship with the satelliteMon, 17 Aug 2015 14:57:30 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/today-cassini-will-say-goodbye-saturns-moon-dione-180956298/The Mystery of the Failed Chlamydia Vaccinehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/why-1960s-chlamydia-vaccines-made-people-more-susceptible-chlamydia-180955652/In the 1960s, a vaccine for chlamydia made patients more susceptible to chlamydia. Now scientists know whyMon, 22 Jun 2015 18:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews-science/why-1960s-chlamydia-vaccines-made-people-more-susceptible-chlamydia-180955652/