Climatology
It’s a Green, Green, Green, Green World
NASA and NOAA release satellite images of Earth and all its vegetation
This Incredible Art Installation Makes It Rain, Everywhere But On You
"Rain Room," on display at MoMA, is an indoor downpour that detects the presence of people and adjusts to keep them dry
Mapping the Smells of New York, Amsterdam and Paris, Block by Block
Designer and cartographer Kate McLean charts the sweet scents and pungent odors that fill a city's olfactory landscape
Is a Lack of Water to Blame for the Conflict in Syria?
A 2006 drought pushed Syrian farmers to migrate to urban centers, setting the stage for massive uprisings
Never Heard of Doggerland? Blame Climate Change From Millennia Ago
Rising waters have forced populations to relocate since the dawn of early man
The Strange Beauty of David Maisel’s Aerial Photographs
A new book shows how the photographer creates startling images of open-pit mines, evaporation ponds and other sites of environmental degradation
Transforming Raw Scientific Data Into Sculpture and Song
Artist Nathalie Miebach uses meteorological data to create 3D woven works of art and playable musical scores
In 1989, 'Life' Magazine Said Goodbye To Video Stores, Mailmen and Pennies…
In 1989, "Life" magazine predicted that, by the year 2000, many staples of modern American life might find themselves on the scrapheap of history
The Secrets of Earth’s History May Be in Its Caves
An underground scientist is pioneering a new way to learn what the climate was like thousands of years ago
Seven Must-See Art-Meets-Science Exhibitions in 2013
Preview some of the top-notch shows—on anatomy, bioluminescence, water tanks and more—slated for the next year
Frank Gehry’s BioMuseo, New Science Museum in Panama
Over 43,000 square feet of exhibit space will tell the story of the isthmus and the diverse species who live there
Predictions From The Father of Science Fiction
Hugo Gernsback's predictions give us a look at the most radical of technological utopianism from the 1920s
Collage of Arts and Sciences: Now In Session
Our newest blog explores the fertile ground where art and science meet
Senator Barry Goldwater Imagines Arizona in the Year 2012
The Republican senator and 1964 presidential candidate predicted the growth of the Sun Belt and envisioned an open border with Mexico
Weather Control as a Cold War Weapon
In the 1950s, some U.S. scientists warned that, without immediate action, the Soviet Union would control the earth's thermometers
A Whole Town Under One Roof
We're moving on up—visions of a self-contained community within a 1,000-foot tall skyscraper
The Boston Globe of 1900 Imagines the Year 2000
A utopian vision of Boston promises no slums, no traffic jams, no late mail deliveries and, best of all, night baseball games
Bank Executives See the Forest and the Trees
In a Maryland forest, bankers trade in their suits and ties to study the environment with Smithsonian scientists
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