A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

Once a semester, a Cornell University instructor requires her students to complete an in-class assignment using typewriters — ...

Live Updates: Artemis II Astronauts Are Traveling to the Moon After Engine Burn

The crew tested systems on the NASA Orion capsule above the Earth for a day before the vehicle fired its engines and shot ...
Nature

Artemis II mission is about to fly humans to the Moon — here’s the science they’ll do

Set to lift off this week, the NASA flight will take astronauts around the Moon for the first time in more than 50 years.
Smithsonian Magazine

Flirting Like a Panda: Spring Sparks for Bao Li and Qing Bao at the National Zoo

After a cold winter filled with snow, ice and “snowcrete,” we are finally starting to see signs of spring here in Washington, D.C. Along with cherry blossoms blooming near the Tidal Basin, a sure sign ...

The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets

The Trump administration says the United States has struck 11,000 targets in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on the country ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Learning from the Connective Power of Orchids

U.S. Botanic Gardens collaborative exhibition as it connects stories, scholarship, and art to this extraordinary species ...