Neanderthals began life more like humans than scientists thought

Neanderthal babies have always been hard to study, mostly because their remains are so rare. That scarcity has left one of ...
Opinion

‘It is comforting to be haunted’: how attitudes to abortion have changed through the ages

The abortion debate – the language of life, choice and rights – severs women, and their pain, from history. I don’t want to forget my abortion and I don’t want to forget theirs ...

America at 300: Imagining the next half-century of change

Moon bases, living to 100 and (finally!) flying cars. What 2076 and our future will look like may be stranger than we expect.

South Korean shops turn to robots, self-service to escape labour woes

South Korean shops are adopting robots and self-service models to address labour shortages and rising wage costs, with around 9,000 unstaffed stores expected by 2024. Unstaffed st ...
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My son’s birth coincided with my rock bottom—here’s how I rebuilt everything

People often joke that it never feels like the “right” time to have a baby, but it really felt like the wrong time when I ...
Smithsonian Magazine

America’s First Space Station Proved Humans Could Live and Work in Orbit for Months. Now, the Public Can See What It Looked Like in Person for the First Time in Eight Years

A backup version of Skylab was displayed when the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum opened 50 years ago. After renovation of the building, the artifact is once more on view in a new gallery ...

520-Million-Year-Old Fossils Solve One of Evolution’s Biggest Mysteries

Exceptionally preserved fossils from China reveal that bryozoans were already thriving during the Cambrian explosion.