Famous Scientists | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/famous-scientists/RSS feed for Famous ScientistsenThu, 07 May 2026 20:07:28 +0000David Attenborough Has Inspired Countless Scientists. To Mark His 100th Birthday, Here Are Ten Living Things They've Named After Himhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/david-attenborough-has-inspired-countless-scientists-to-mark-his-100th-birthday-here-are-ten-living-things-theyve-named-after-him-180988693/Researchers around the planet grew up watching documentaries hosted by the English broadcaster and naturalist, which sparked their love of the natural world. Now, their discoveries become tributes to his legacyThu, 07 May 2026 20:07:28 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/david-attenborough-has-inspired-countless-scientists-to-mark-his-100th-birthday-here-are-ten-living-things-theyve-named-after-him-180988693/Three Scientists Receive Nobel Prize in Physics for Pioneering Work That Put Quantum Mechanics on a 'Human Scale'https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-scientists-receive-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-pioneering-work-that-put-quantum-mechanics-on-a-human-scale-180987471/The trio’s research in the 1980s demonstrated a bizarre quantum phenomenon in a way people could see and holdTue, 07 Oct 2025 18:51:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-scientists-receive-nobel-prize-in-physics-for-pioneering-work-that-put-quantum-mechanics-on-a-human-scale-180987471/Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandinhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-this-years-winners-of-the-portrait-of-a-nation-award-including-steven-spielberg-and-temple-grandin-180986502/Portraits of the honorees, who have made "transformative contributions to the United States," will be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's National Portrait GalleryFri, 25 Apr 2025 17:06:34 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-this-years-winners-of-the-portrait-of-a-nation-award-including-steven-spielberg-and-temple-grandin-180986502/These Fascinating Objects Show How the Palace of Versailles Drove Surprising Scientific Advances in the 17th and 18th Centurieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-fascinating-objects-show-how-the-palace-of-versailles-drove-surprising-scientific-advances-in-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-180985816/Titled "Versailles: Science and Splendor," a new exhibition illustrates how the royal court encouraged innovation during the reigns of Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVITue, 14 Jan 2025 18:01:42 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-fascinating-objects-show-how-the-palace-of-versailles-drove-surprising-scientific-advances-in-the-17th-and-18th-centuries-180985816/Akira Endo, Biochemist Who Found a Way to Fight Heart Disease, Dies at 90https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/akira-endo-biochemist-who-found-a-way-to-fight-heart-disease-dies-at-90-180984541/Endo's research paved the way for the development of drugs to treat high cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attacks or strokesThu, 13 Jun 2024 21:11:03 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/akira-endo-biochemist-who-found-a-way-to-fight-heart-disease-dies-at-90-180984541/Physicist Peter Higgs, Who Prompted a Decades-Long Search for a Tiny Particle, Dies at 94https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicist-peter-higgs-who-prompted-a-decades-long-search-for-a-tiny-particle-dies-at-94-180984128/The Nobel Prize winner predicted the Higgs boson, a fundamental particle that scientists successfully discovered in 2012, explaining how particles get their mass and underlying a key theory of the universeThu, 11 Apr 2024 16:58:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicist-peter-higgs-who-prompted-a-decades-long-search-for-a-tiny-particle-dies-at-94-180984128/See What Charles Darwin Kept in His 'Insanely Eclectic' Personal Library, Revealed for the First Timehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-what-charles-darwin-kept-in-his-insanely-eclectic-personal-library-revealed-for-first-time-180983774/On the English naturalist's 215th birthday, more than 9,000 titles from his expansive collection are now accessible onlineMon, 12 Feb 2024 18:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/see-what-charles-darwin-kept-in-his-insanely-eclectic-personal-library-revealed-for-first-time-180983774/Building Used by Marie Curie Saved From Demolitionhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/building-used-by-marie-curie-saved-from-demolition-180983565/Cultural heritage supporters are hoping to see the facility listed as a protected siteWed, 10 Jan 2024 20:33:20 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/building-used-by-marie-curie-saved-from-demolition-180983565/An Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Los Alamos Lab Where J. Robert Oppenheimer Created the Atomic Bombhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/exclusive-behind-scenes-look-los-alamos-lab-where-robert-oppenheimer-created-atomic-bomb-180982336/In never-before-seen photographs, explore the secret U.S. facility and home to the Manhattan Project scientists who developed the first nuclear weaponTue, 27 Jun 2023 10:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/exclusive-behind-scenes-look-los-alamos-lab-where-robert-oppenheimer-created-atomic-bomb-180982336/New Musical Spotlights Rosalind Franklin's DNA Discoverieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rosalind-franklin-dna-musical-double-helix-180982285/"Double Helix," a fictionalized account of Franklin's groundbreaking work, premieres this weekThu, 01 Jun 2023 21:30:19 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rosalind-franklin-dna-musical-double-helix-180982285/