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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