We learned at school that there are five different classes of animals. These are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. However, this knowledge, long enshrined in textbooks, does not seem to ...

Resist the urge to buy a balloon this Valentine’s Day — help track balloon litter instead! 🎈🚫 Show love for both your Valentine and the planet by reporting balloon waste you find. Your observations ...

The integumentary system is the body’s outermost layer. Composed of skin, hair, nails, glands, and nerves, its main job is to protect your insides from elements in your environment, like pollution and ...

Feb. 7, 2025 — 'Temperamental' stars that brighten and dim over a matter of hours or days may be distorting our view of thousands of distant planets, suggests a new ... Multinational Research ...

January 28, 2025 • It's been five years since the first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in the U.S., a bleak milestone in the early days of a pandemic that touched the lives of everyone ...

Smithsonian magazine has a staff of editors and researchers. Articles are written on a freelance basis. When staff positions are available, they are listed at the Institution's human resources Web ...

Feb. 10, 2025 — Earth's inner core is undergoing structural transformation. Located 3,000 miles below the Earth's surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer ...

Landus and TalusAg have launched commercial green ammonia production in Iowa, backed by US federal clean hydrogen tax credits, while Iberdrola España and BP have started building Spain’s ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including ...

Earth and environmental sciences cover all aspects of Earth and planetary sciences, and broadly encompasses solid Earth processes, surface and atmospheric dynamics, Earth system history, climate ...

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped open the American military to female doctors Untold Stories of ...