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Off the Road Blog

As the World Warms, the Future of Skiing Looks Bleak

Climate change is delivering serious wounds to the winter sport all over the globe
December 11, 2012 | By Alastair Bland

Paleofuture Blog

A Futuristic Golf Game in the Sky

In the year 2062, you really, really don't want to hit a ball out of bounds.
December 11, 2012 | By Matt Novak

Dinosaur Tracking Blog

Beyond the Childhood Dinosaur Phase: Why Dinosaurs Should Matter to Everyone

Dinosaurs can help us unlock essential secrets about the history of life on Earth
December 11, 2012 | By Brian Switek

Threaded Blog

Your Guide to Selecting the Best (or Is It Worst?) Ugly Christmas Sweater

Holiday cheer with a touch of nostalgia celebrates garish knitwear from the 1940s to '80s
December 11, 2012 | By Emily Spivack

History & Archaeology

The Tucker Was the 1940s Car of the Future

Visionary inventor
Preston Tucker risked everything when he saw his 1948 automobile as a vehicle for change
December 2012 Issue | By Abigail Tucker

Surprising Science Blog

Could Porcupine Quills Help Us Design the Next Hypodermic Needle?

Microscopic barbs allow porcupine quills to slice into flesh easily and stay there stubbornly—qualities that could prove useful in medical applications
December 10, 2012 | By Joseph Stromberg

Science & Nature

The Ozone Problem is Back – And Worse Than Ever

James Anderson, the winner of a Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award, has discovered the alarming link between climate change and ozone loss
December 2012 Issue | By Sharon Begley

Food and Think Blog

Start Hoarding Your Beans, Thanks to Climate Change, $7 Coffee May Be the Norm

Starbucks most expensive cup of coffee to date raises the question, how high can we go?
December 10, 2012 | By Leah Binkovitz

Science & Nature

Open-Fire Stoves Kill Millions. How Do We Fix it?

Pollutants from crude stoves are responsible for many deaths – a D.C.-based NGO has a solution
December 2012 Issue | By Ingfei Chen

Hominid Hunting Blog

Four Species of Homo You’ve Never Heard Of, Part II

The history of anthropology is littered with many now-defunct hominid species that no longer have a place in the human family tree
December 10, 2012 | By Erin Wayman

Dinosaur Tracking Blog

I is for Irritator

The name of the long-snouted dinosaur Irritator hints at the troubled history surrounding the spinosaur's classification
December 10, 2012 | By Brian Switek

Collage of Arts and Sciences Blog

Can Tattoos Be Medicinal?

In his travels around the world, anthropologist Lars Krutak has seen many tribal tattoos, including some applied to relieve specific ailments
December 10, 2012 | By Megan Gambino

Science & Nature

Pardis Sabeti, the Rollerblading Rock Star Scientist of Harvard

The recipient of the Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for natural sciences blazed a new view of how to treat infectious diseases via genetics
December 2012 Issue | By Seth Mnookin

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Smithsonian Curators Offer Up a Holiday Gift Guide for History Lovers

The best of history reads from Lincoln's true thoughts on slavery, to the White House dinner that sh...
By Leah Binkovitz

Taking the Bite Out of DC’s Partisan Dialog: A New Installation Seeks Common Ground

More then 89 heavyweights were interviewed for artist Lincoln Schatz's new video work at the Nationa...
By Leah Binkovitz

Hawai`i’s Troubadour of Aloha

An upcoming documentary will highlight Hawaiian ukulele-playing sensation Jake Shimabukuro, who perf...
By Joann Stevens




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