Technology
How Accurate Are Tests to Detect Coronavirus on Surfaces?
Labs and companies are already distributing some, but they vary drastically in price and potential performance
How Robots Are on the Front Lines in the Battle Against COVID-19
Helping health care workers treat patients and public safety officials contain the pandemic, these robots offer lessons for future disasters
How Innovators Are Adapting Existing Technologies to Fight COVID-19
Engineers around the world are tweaking drones, robots and smart tools to help prevent the spread of the virus
The Long, Fraught History of the Bulletproof Vest
The question of bulletproofing vexed physicians and public figures for years, before pioneering inventors experimented with silk
A Tiny Island Off the Coast of Maine Could Be a Renewable Energy Model for the Rest of the World
Remote Isle au Haut is integrating time-tested technology with emerging innovations to create its own microgrid
How the Mathematical Conundrum Called the 'Knapsack Problem' Is All Around Us
A litany of issues in business, finance, container ship loading and aircraft loading derive from this one simple dilemma
'The Invisible Man' Isn't Real, but This Invisibility Technology Is
A new take on H.G. Wells' classic novel is in theaters, but how far has real-life cloaking tech come?
A New App Guides Readers Through Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales'
The tool includes a 45-minute audio performance of the work's General Prologue in Middle English
The Most Anticipated Museum Openings of 2020
Slated for this year are new institutions dedicated to ancient Egyptian, the Olympics, African American music and the Army
Eight Remarkable Inventions Unveiled at This Year's CES
From a smart grill to a bike that rides on water, these were the coolest—and strangest—gadgets at the Consumer Electronics Show
The Magical Animation of 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer'
The Christmas television special—the longest running in history—was groundbreaking in its use of stop-motion animation with puppets
The Cycle From 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance' Comes to the Smithsonian
The 1966 Honda Super Hawk featured in Robert Pirsig’s book on values was recently acquired by the National Museum of American History
The Smithsonian's Ten Splashiest New Acquisitions of 2019
This year marks the arrival of a brilliant diamond, a hybrid space rocket, exciting paintings and two darling clouded leopard cubs
A Brief History of the Crock Pot
More than eighty years after it was patented, the Crock Pot remains a comforting presence in American kitchens
The Ten Best STEM Toys to Give as Gifts in 2019
Stretch young learners’ minds with everything from card games to robotic spheres
Inventor Alex Kipman's Grand Vision for How Holograms Will Change Our Lives
The designer behind Microsoft's HoloLens 2 predicts a future driven by augmented reality
What Butterflies' Colorful Wing Patterns Can Teach Us About Evolution
Smithsonian scientists used genetically-engineered butterflies to learn that evolution can take a different path to achieve the same thing
Helping Delivery Robots Find Your Front Door
With a new navigation system from MIT, robots can decipher common landscape features, even in an unfamiliar environment
Sunlight-Tracking Polymer, Inspired by Sunflowers, Could Maximize Solar Power
The SunBOTS bend toward light source and could help solar cells capture more direct sunlight all day long
You Can Now Explore a 3-D Model of Cave Covered in Creepy 'Witches' Marks'
Visitors spotted hundreds of etchings designed to ward off evil while exploring a cave in England's Creswell Crags
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