As a teenager, Gabriela Farfan became fascinated by the shapes and colors of minerals. Now, as curator of gems and minerals at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, she studies what they ...

Neither famous number is as simple as it first sounds. The real question is how much uncertainty each one can realistically ...

Smithsonian geologist Gabriela Farfan studies corals, gemstones and other minerals for clues to changing oceans and environments.

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The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted less than a week in 1971, but its claims about human nature endured for decades. Now, a new Netflix series is bringing one of psychology’s most controversial ...

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Scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in understanding the Universe’s earliest moments, measuring the amount of ...

The Houston Museum of Natural Science is opening a massive Marvel exhibit, documenting the comic company's 85-year history.