Bridget Alex, Riley Black, Dan Falk, Shi En Kim, Carlyn Kranking and Joe Spring In the past 12 months, record-breaking wildfires burned across Canada, and a tragic blaze swept through Maui. A piece of ...

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There is no doubt that books have the power to change how people think about the world — and the universe — around them. But what makes a book influential? Does it need to have a major impact on ...

From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year Joe Spring, ...