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These Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images feature the captivating creatures that live beneath the waves

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Research suggests that experience may matter more than innate ability when it comes to a sense of direction

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19.04.2024

What Happens When Animals Cross the Road | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Our byways are an unnatural incursion into the natural world, especially when they’re allowed to fall into disuse. Meet a roadkill scientist and a journalist tracking how roads mess with nature—and what we can do about it

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18.04.2024

What Flaco the Owl’s Death Teaches Us About Making Cities Safer for Birds | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Ornithologists and conservationists say humans can take key steps to make urban environments less hazardous for our avian friends

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17.04.2024

The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Mercury | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Only two robotic missions have made it to the Swift Planet, but they were crucial for upending many false assumptions of that sun-scorched world

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11.04.2024

Why Do So Many Beetle Species Exist? | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree

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09.04.2024

Sea Otters Have Helped Bolster California’s Kelp Forest | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

A study that looks back more than 100 years shows that where the animals have thrived, underwater forests have, too

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06.04.2024

How Do Animals React to a Total Solar Eclipse? Scientists Document Strange and Surprising Behaviors | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Nature enthusiasts work with researchers to figure out how creatures respond to the celestial phenomenon

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05.04.2024

How David Attenborough Went From Delighting at the Natural World to Pleading for Its Future | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

The environmental icon’s latest series, “Mammals,” showcases the threats humanity has created for our relatives

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04.04.2024

Endangered Woodpeckers Find a New Home on a Military Training Ground | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

The red-cockaded woodpecker has lost nearly all of its habitat in the southeastern United States, but an Air Force range in Florida is part of an emerging initiative to relocate besieged species on protected land

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03.04.2024

Dive Into the Exotic World of Nudibranchs, the Spectacular Slugs of the Sea | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Psychedelic hedgehogs, purple pineapples, living strawberries—these tiny creatures show off their big personalities off the Australian coast

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03.04.2024

Why We Love Eclipses | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Two perspectives on the astronomical phenomenon that has fascinated humans for as long as we’ve been watching the skies

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02.04.2024

How Singapore Became an Unexpected Stronghold for a Critically Endangered Bird | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Despite being the smallest country in Southeast Asia, the city-state is now home to the largest population of the straw-headed bulbul

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30.03.2024

Why Isn't Dental Health Considered Primary Medical Care? | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Ailments of the mouth can put the body at risk for a slew of other ills, yet dentistry is often siloed

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29.03.2024

To Save Sun Bears, Scientists First Have to Find Them | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

The world's smallest bear plays a crucial role in repairing its tropical habitat in Southeast Asia

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27.03.2024

How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Before the toromiro disappeared from the island, at least two men grabbed seeds from the last remaining plant and brought them home

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22.03.2024

Ancient Greece’s Biggest Port Is Older Than We Thought | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of Corinth's main harbor

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21.03.2024

Why Did Seals and Sea Lions Never Commit to a Life Fully at Sea? | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

While whales moved from living on land to an existence immersed in water, pinnipeds embraced an amphibious lifestyle

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20.03.2024

These Researchers Are Digging Into the Understudied Science of Roots | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

After centuries of neglect, botanists are using new techniques to understand roots

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16.03.2024

In Minnesota, Researchers Are Moving Trees Farther North to Save Forests | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

As the world warms, trees in such forests will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That's where assisted migration comes in

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14.03.2024

How Ancient Civilizations Reacted to Eclipses | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Communities may have thought the celestial events were messages from the gods, a reason to abandon a settlement or a cue to end a war

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13.03.2024

The Dirty Secret About How Our Hands Spread Disease | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

The human hand is an incredible tool—and a deadly threat

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09.03.2024

See Incredible Insects Up Close With These Creepy-Crawly Photos | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Bug out with 15 shots of insects and arachnids of all shapes and sizes from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

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09.03.2024

How the Atomic Bomb Set Brothers Robert and Frank Oppenheimer on Diverging Paths | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

For one of them, the story ended with a mission to bring science to the public

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08.03.2024

What It Takes to Complete the Ultimate Skywatching Endurance Challenge | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

The "Messier marathon" prompts space hobbyists to spot 110 celestial objects in one night, and the best time to try it is in March

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06.03.2024

Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded With Mind-Altering Mercury | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Bones in Spain suggest a mercury-rich mineral used for art and hallucinogenic trips poisoned a community 5,000 years ago

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02.03.2024

How Ancient Texts Can Shed Light on Auroras | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Documenting episodes of the phenomenon thousands of years ago may help us predict damaging solar storms in the future

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01.03.2024

What Centuries-Old Shark Teeth Reveal About Brazil's Ocean | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Researchers examined the remnants of a 13th-century fishing site to get a picture of how the marine ecosystem has changed

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27.02.2024

How Did Humans Evolve to Use Everyday Tools? | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

An anthropologist explains why we experience many objects, from tennis rackets to cars, as extensions of our bodies

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23.02.2024

This App Lets the Inuit Combine Traditional Knowledge With Scientific Data | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing information to make their own decisions

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22.02.2024

Iceland's Recent Volcanic Eruptions Are Unleashing Deep Secrets | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Each dramatic episode over the past few years has led to fresh geologic revelations, and researchers think another bout is on the way

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15.02.2024

Where Did Butterflies Come From? This Scientist Is On the Case | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Akito Kawahara has spent his life devoted to lepidoptera. Now he’s correcting the record on where they first evolved

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15.02.2024

These Ancient Celts Were Buried With Their Animals | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

Some remains found in the 2,000-year-old graves were likely food offerings, but others may have been much-loved companions

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15.02.2024

The Six Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Venus | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Our sister planet’s cloudy exterior gave it an aura of mystery—until humanity developed the technology to probe past the veil

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How David Attenborough Went From Delighting at the Natural World to Pleading for Its Future | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

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How Rapa Nui Lost a Tree, Only to Have It Sprout Up Elsewhere | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Ancient Greece’s Biggest Port Is Older Than We Thought | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

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The Dirty Secret About How Our Hands Spread Disease | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

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What It Takes to Complete the Ultimate Skywatching Endurance Challenge | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

Ancient Iberians Ingested Red Dust Loaded With Mind-Altering Mercury | Science | Smithsonian Magazine

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What Centuries-Old Shark Teeth Reveal About Brazil's Ocean | Science| Smithsonian Magazine

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