The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center turned 60 this year. We're celebrating with six of our favorite stories since ...

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It's that time of year again – and my personal favorite corner of science to look back on – when we recap the many ...

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The president seeks to stop states from setting guardrails on artificial intelligence. But for now, states can and should ...

Magic thrived in 2025, but its success came with big questions about identity, crossovers, and what comes next.

Former government officials say the state isn’t doing enough to regulate fracking waste, even as new research shows it’s far ...

Eschewing some of the genre's most out-there tropes and concepts, sci-fi movies like Children of Men and Arrival instead opt ...

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Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures that shaped the evolution of the diverse vision systems that exist in nature, ...