Smithsonian Magazine2 days agoInside Scientists’ Quest to Find the Secrets of Life in Four Grams of Asteroid DustSmithsonian Magazine - Linda ShinerInside the bland, brick-and-steel Building 34 at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in suburban Maryland, scientists are about to run a series of …
Smithsonian Magazine3 days agoAs Hurricanes Bear Down and Get Stronger, Can a $34 Billion Plan Save Texas?Smithsonian Magazine - Chris KlimekAfter Hurricane Ike destroyed thousands of homes and inflicted an estimated $30 billion in damages in 2008, engineers hatched an ambitious plan to …
Smithsonian Magazine4 days agoThe Valiant Effort to Restore the Caribbean's Sea UrchinsSmithsonian Magazine - HakaiThis article is from Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at …
Smithsonian Magazine5 days agoThis Innovative Device Allows South American Paleontologists to Share Fossils With the WorldSmithsonian Magazine - Christian ElliottIn October 2021, New York University computer scientist Claudio Silva found himself in the basement of a paleontology museum in remote northeastern …
Smithsonian MagazineThousands of Moonquakes Rocked the Apollo Landing Sites in Less Than a DecadeSmithsonian Magazine - Rudy MolinekAbout 1 hour and 40 minutes after Neil Armstrong first stepped onto the moon on July 20, 1969, a message from Earth came over his radio. The team in …
Smithsonian MagazineFeast on 15 Ferocious Tiger Photos From the Smithsonian Photo ContestSmithsonian Magazine - Text by Tracy Scott ForsonEndangered, only about 4,500 tigers live in Asia and parts of the Middle East, down from 100,000 in 1900. While their African cousin, the lion, is …