Nearly half of news stories about spider bites contain misinformation, which experts say can hurt conservation efforts Will Sullivan – … More
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Seven Million Years Ago, the Oldest Known Early Human Was Already Walking
Analysis of a femur fossil indicates that a key species could already move somewhat like us Brian Handwerk – Science … More
What an Englishwoman’s Letters Reveal About Life in Britain During the American Revolution
Smithsonian – All citations are from letters of Jane Strachey in the Strachey Collection in the South West Heritage Trust’s … More
Why Mata Hari Wasn’t a Cunning Spy After All
Pat Shipman – Smithsonian Magazine “Even at the very beginning of her life, it was clear that Margaretha Zelle would … More
A Brand-New Museum in Oklahoma Honors Indigenous People at Every Turn
Jennifer Billock – Smithsonian Magazine At 173,000 square feet, the new First Americans Museum (FAM) in Oklahoma City is the largest single-building … More
Why Bats Are One of Evolution’s Greatest Puzzles
Paleontologists seek the ancestors that could explain how bats became the only flying mammals. By Riley Black – Smithsonian … More
Most Dogs Show Anxiety-Related Behaviors
Wouldn’t it be something if our dog pals could get humans to really understand what they’re feeling at any given … More
Lenore Goldschmidt Defied Hitler
Lenore Goldschmidt was an amazing person who stood up to the full horror of what was going on around her … More
Earth Lost 2.5 Billion Years’ Worth of Evolutionary History in Just 130,000 Years
“Even if humans curbed destructive actions within next 50 years, it would take between five to seven million years for … More
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