Twin Birth Rates Have Soared Globally in the Last Three Decades Smithsonian - Smart News Science 16 March 2021 at 18:24 The trend is a result of women deciding to have children later in life and the use of medically assisted reproduction methods
To Study Night-Shining Clouds, NASA Used Its 'Super Soaker' Rocket to Make a Fake One Smithsonian - Smart News Science 10 March 2021 at 12:45 In summer months above the North and South Poles, glowing clouds occasionally form naturally at sunset under the right conditions
Volunteers Scramble to Save Thousands of Sea Turtles Following Polar Vortex in Texas Smithsonian - Smart News Science 19 February 2021 at 21:19 As of last Wednesday, at least 3,500 sea turtles have been rescued from freezing waters in the midst record-breaking winter storm
Sea Cucumber Poop Could Revitalize Coral Reefs Smithsonian - Smart News Science 8 February 2021 at 20:11 In one reef, three million sea cucumbers released 64,000 metric tons of nutrient-packed poo back into the ecosystem
Climate Changes Bears Down on This Remote Russian Settlement Smithsonian - Smart News Science 12 February 2019 at 21:06 The surge of hungry four-legged visitors to Belushya Guba is part of a larger trend
Real Planet Discovered Where Vulcan Home World in "Star Trek" Is Set Smithsonian - Smart News Science 19 September 2018 at 20:54 "Fascinating, Captain"
Actually, T. Rex Probably Couldn't Stick Out Its Tongue Smithsonian - Smart News Science 21 June 2018 at 21:36 The tongues of bird-like dinosaurs and pterosaurs, however, may have been more mobile
Today, Cassini Will Say Goodbye to Saturnβs Moon Dione Smithsonian - Smart News Science 17 August 2015 at 15:57 It's curtains for the NASA mission's close relationship with the satellite
The Mystery of the Failed Chlamydia Vaccine Smithsonian - Smart News Science 22 June 2015 at 19:00 In the 1960s, a vaccine for chlamydia made patients more susceptible to chlamydia. Now scientists know why