Joseph Stromberg

2 weeks ago | smithsonianmag.com | Joseph Stromberg |Joe Spring

Scientists are working hard to discover the factors that drive the blood-sucking insects to target certain individuals You come in from a summer hike covered with itchy red mosquito bites, only to have your friends innocently proclaim that they don’t have any. Or you wake up from a night of camping to find your ankles and wrists aflame with bites, while your tentmates are unscathed. You’re not alone.

Oct 31, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | Joseph Stromberg |Kayla Randall

The dawn of American democracy didn’t take place in 1776, with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It didn’t come in 1788, when the Constitution was ratified, or in 1789, when George Washington took office as the United States’ first president. According to Harry R.