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VO2 max is an intimidating word for an easy-to-understand biometric: It’s how well your body uses oxygen when you push ...

Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help ...

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional ...

The famed Canon logo started life as a Buddhist Bodhisattva with a thousand arms. Here's what happened next.

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In “The Typewriter and the Guillotine,” Mark Braude takes on the intersection of Janet Flanner’s career and a lurid murder case.

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The theory is that low-frequency radiation from an electrical substation near Levi’s Stadium and the 49ers practice fields ...

Imagine you’re eight years old and it’s your birthday. You open a big box. Inside is a huge, off-road, remote-controlled ...

Icebreakers are essential for navigating Greenland's icy seas, but the U.S. faces a challenge with its limited fleet.

From the Smithsonian magazine archives, some of our favorite reader questions about our nation's founding upon its 250th birthday. Q: Did Benjamin Franklin really fly a kite in a thunderstorm?