What A Pilot Sees in a Week of Flying
A beautiful time-lapse takes you across Europe
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/201209181120085521209565_65f140c4dc_b.jpg)
The Real World Versions of Revolution’s Dystopian Cities
A new TV show looks very dystopian, but there are places that resemble Revolution’s landscape in the world today
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091810101009_18_2012_mars-eclipse-phobos.gif)
A Solar Eclipse, As Seen From the Surface of Mars
Advances in space exploration has changed the way we see eclipses
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120917040011antarctica.jpg)
68-Year-Old Explorer Plans to Cross Antarctica…in Winter
Sir Ranulph Fiennes will traverse Antarctica by ski, in the middle of winter
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120917020009spheres.jpg)
Mysterious Spheres on Mars Are ‘Crunchy on the Outside’ And ‘Softer in the Middle’
Opportunity had found an unusual rock formation on Mars
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091711401009_17_2012_space-station-photo.jpg)
International Space Station Cameras Will Bring Earth to You, Live, 24/7
Two HD video cameras will stream free live video back from space
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120917075008flightmap.png)
A Map of Every Passenger Plane in the Skies at This Instant
This site tracks thousands of passenger planes as they fly around the world
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120917072009Kevin_Bacon_by_David_Shankbone.jpg)
What’s Their Bacon Number? Let Me Google That For You
If you’ve ever wondered what someone’s Bacon number is, you now have to look no further than a quick Google search
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120914040008Mona_Lisa_by_Leonardo_da_Vinci_from_C2RMF_retouched.jpg)
Mona Lisa’s Body Might Soon Be Exhumed
The woman suspected to be the subject of Leonardo Da Vinci’s famous painting might be buried in a church in Florence
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120914124009potholes.jpg)
An Ingenious Way of Shaming Politicians Into Fixing Potholes
A group of annoyed citizens in Yekaterinburg, Russia, reached their wits’ end with the many potholes dotting city roads, so decided to take action
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091412000909_14_2012_farm-maze.jpg)
Farming Family Makes High-Tech Crop Circles
An Alberta family won the Guinness World Record for turning the corn field into a QR code
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091310300909_13_2012_oldest-colour-video.jpg)
The World’s Oldest Color Movie Dates to 1901
A goldfish, a macaw, and some happy children were captured in color video from the early 1900s
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091309501509_13_2012_supercomputer-2.jpg)
This 6-Year Old Helped Build a Supercomputer out of LEGO And $25 Computer Chips
Sixty-four Raspberry Pi chips and a LEGO rack makes a surprisingly effective computer
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120913093009darpadog.jpg)
Don’t Trust Robots? The Pentagon Doesn’t Either
Not everyone at the Pentagon is ready to embrace the new robot army
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120913084009new-monkey.jpg)
Meet the World’s Newest Monkey Species
Lesula (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) from the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the world’s newest species of monkey
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120913074009slinky.jpg)
Slinkys Can Float in the Air (For a Second)
Further proof that Slinkys are magical
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120912020008Mammuthus_primigenius_1-tmb.jpg)
Russian Mammoth Discovery May Lead to Furry Clones
Scientists discovered the remains of a woolly mammoth in Yakutia region on Russia’s Arctic coast
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/Wandering_spider-470.jpg)
Could Spider Venom Be the Next Viagra?
Researchers are studying the surprising side effects of the banana spider’s bite
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/2012091211201009_12_2012_tv.jpg)
Microsoft Wants to Build You a Holodeck
Video game designers are pushing away from their old best friend, the television
/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/20120912071009US.jpg)
The World’s Closest International Relationships, According to Facebook
An interactive map depicts the Facebook friendships between countries
Page 273 of 284