John Grant has been searching for evidence that life may have once existed on Mars since he was 16 years old. Continue reading A Smithsonian scientist’s decades-long search for life on Mars
Our ability to look out into space is such a fundamental part of the human experience. Continue reading Kirsten Hall contemplates our role on Earth amidst the cosmos
We hate to break it to you, but a real-world Jurassic Park will never happen. (Ed. note: Probably for the best, considering how many people are consumed in interesting ways in the movies.) Continue reading Eye on Science: Logan Kistler hopes to solve modern problems by studying ancient DNA
When you study animals who spend their lives flying to the ends of the earth (and back again) you make connections across countries, continents and oceans. Continue reading Eye on Science: Autumn-Lynn Harrison is a Migratory Bird Diplomat
They’re all the same person! Meet Chela Zabin, who works in California for the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Continue reading Eye on Science: What do a newspaper reporter, a surfer and a marine ecologist have in common?
Dr. Missy Hawkins went to “ALL the college” to become the terrestrial mammal curator at the National Museum of Natural History. Continue reading Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, and mammals gotta reproduce–all in the name of evolution
Gonzalo Gonzalez Abad of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian, the most interesting part of his work is not the science itself but how we can use science to improve life on this planet. Continue reading Finding the right TEMPO: Using physics for public good
Myria Perez has been passionate about paleontology since she was a teenager. Today she is just as passionate about introducing other young girls to science. Continue reading Passion on display: Myria Perez explains why paleontology is a great introduction to science
Meet Carla Dove, who has led NMNH’s Feather Identification Lab to be the busiest and best bird-strike identification lab in the world. If it flies and shares the skies with aircraft, she and her team can identify it–even if all that’s left is a spoonful of snarge. Continue reading If it flies and shares the skies with aircraft, Carla Dove can identify it.
“World-recognized tropical paleobiologist” isn’t the most common career goal for a little boy growing up in Bogotá, Colombia, but Carlos Jaramillo not only found his personal path to science, he also has spent two decades helping train others studying some of the richest, most biodiverse and least understood environments on Earth. Continue reading Every drop of water in the world has flowed through the tropics at some point.
Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen. Voting ends Sunday, September 21st! Continue reading Vote now for the Autumn 2025 Windows Lock Screen
(Ed. note: We should note that it's never wise to stand behind a cow, even a buttery one. Cow pies never win blue ribbons.) Continue reading Behind the Butter Cow: A Look at the Renwick’s new State Fair exhibition
More than $2.5 million in grants has been awarded to fund projects ranging from exposing little kids to nature, the link between movement and emotional wellbeing and building a robotic telescope. Continue reading 2025 Together we Thrive
Melanie Adams will serve as interim director beginning August 26. Continue reading Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum is stepping down
