Smithsonian Magazine15h
A Great White Shark Mysteriously Washed Ashore in Cape Cod, and Researchers Don’t Know Why
A Wednesday necropsy, led by Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries scientist Greg Skomal, found no signs of the shark ...
Smithsonian Magazine17h
Can’t Get Enough Carbs? That Craving Might Have Started More Than 800,000 Years Ago
New research traces the genetic underpinnings of the enzyme amylase, which helps humans digest starches and sugars ...
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See the Wreck of Ernest Shackleton’s ‘Endurance’ in Astonishing Detail With This New 3D Scan
Created from more than 25,000 high-resolution images, the digital model shows artifacts from the ill-fated expedition, ...
Smithsonian Magazine18h
Astronomers Uncover the Origin of Most of Earth’s Meteorites, Shedding Light on Our Solar System’s Past
Prior to the new research, scientists had traced the source of just 6 percent of the known meteorites that fell on our planet ...
Smithsonian Magazine21h
Could Anyone Bring an Extinct Animal Back to Life? And More Questions From Our Readers
Could a private citizen get hold of a genome and use it to bring an extinct animal back to life? —Anjali Rawal | Encinitas, ...