Founded during the US Civil War to provide advice to the government, the National Academies of Science have become one of the ...

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, ...

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Dr. J. Marshall Shepherd is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor and director in the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Georgia. He is a member of the National ...

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From a deep dive on a fatal space shuttle disaster to a study of a dozen iconic trees, these are our favorite titles this year Joe Spring, Riley Black, Shi En Kim, Dan Falk, Christian Elliott and ...