The unexpected finds illustrate life during a critical and little-understood time period | Continue reading
Fifth-grader Andres Valencia’s inspirations range from Picasso to Pokémon | Continue reading
Future "Star Wars" productions will recreate Jones' menacing voice using artificial intelligence | Continue reading
Archaeologists believe it’s the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region | Continue reading
Perhaps no one knows the history of the tool better than collector Dave Pahl, who opened a shrine of his artifacts in Haines 20 years ago | Continue reading
The growing land mass is larger than 8 acres and visible from space | Continue reading
Wildlife managers recently relocated dozens of the iconic animals to help restore balance to the park's ecosystem | Continue reading
Egyptian archaeologists unearthed the empty, 3,200-year-old coffin of Ptah-M-Wia, a high-ranking New Kingdom official | Continue reading
French scholar Jean-François Champollion announced his decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs on September 27, 1822 | Continue reading
A new study marks the first time the frog pandemic has been linked to human health | Continue reading
A new exhibition explores the ancient Roman "pictores," who created beautiful frescoes preserved in ash from Mount Vesuvius' eruption | Continue reading
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is a first step toward defending Earth from threatening space rocks | Continue reading
The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) craft will make impact at 7:14 p.m. Eastern time Monday | Continue reading
Privately owned for decades, the materials include a short story featuring F. Scott Fitzgerald, personal effects and rough drafts | Continue reading
One of the creatures could be wiped out if its range isn't protected, researchers say | Continue reading
The late and great actor and director is the subject of 'Sidney,' a new documentary produced by Oprah Winfrey | Continue reading
To save the endangered animals, researchers have been working for decades to figure out where they reproduce | Continue reading
"Blonde," a heavily fictionalized film by Andrew Dominik, explores the star's life and legend in a narrative that's equal parts glamorous and disturbing | Continue reading
Two non-profit organizations are betting that with the help of research institutions, private vessels and new technologies, they can do just that | Continue reading
Two decades before the personal computer, a shy engineer unveiled the tools that would drive the tech revolution | Continue reading
Rescue operations saved around 30 of the animals | Continue reading
The items tell the story of the beloved comedic actress' life—and her groundbreaking eight-decade career | Continue reading
Like bees and wasps, the flying robots can build a structure while in mid-air | Continue reading
'The Followers' uses artificial intelligence and facial-recognition technology to comment on the surveillance state | Continue reading
Smithsonian podcasts delve into the life of Edmonia Lewis, how astronauts sleep, the evolution of the human brain; and drop in on painter Kay WalkingStick | Continue reading
In early 2023, qualifying American travelers will be able to skip the lines | Continue reading
More airlines are ordering battery-powered aircraft to help reduce their environmental impact | Continue reading
Seventeen-year-old Igor Klymenko worked on his invention while sheltering in a basement from Russian attacks | Continue reading
The bizarre creature’s anatomy had stumped scientists for decades | Continue reading
A new PEN America report finds that targeted campaigns by advocacy groups are behind the increasing bans | Continue reading
Filtering van Goghs works to simulate color blindness unlocks strikingly different images, perhaps revealing something about the way the famous painter saw the world | Continue reading
A mannequin that will orbit the moon is named for Arturo Campos, a Mexican-American electrical engineer who worked on several NASA missions | Continue reading
The band's last surviving member is suing the FBI, which monitored the group in the 1960s | Continue reading
To find a mate, male dolphins work together in complex social networks that dwarf those of any other animal, except humans, study finds | Continue reading
The course covers everything from slavery to civil rights to pop culture | Continue reading
Years of drought have exposed Robert Smithson's massive earthwork in the Great Salt Lake | Continue reading
A ‘red tide’ algal bloom is likely at fault, spurred by excess nutrients and warmer waters | Continue reading
An anthropologist traces the origins and paths of one of his favorite kinds of plants | Continue reading
A new book offers a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic Steven Spielberg movie | Continue reading
Coordinated by Unesco, the project will examine the underwater site between Sicily and Tunisia | Continue reading
The updated shots could be available within days | Continue reading
An inscription uncovered at the site of an ancient church in Israel offers new evidence | Continue reading
The Colorado River, which supplies water to 40 million people, is drying up | Continue reading
A newly discovered crater suggests a second impact that would have triggered underwater landslides and tsunamis | Continue reading
Using gene-editing technology, researchers hope to “de-extinct” the iconic marsupial carnivore | Continue reading
The 10th-century stone statue and 13th-century wooden strut will go on display at the National Museum of Nepal | Continue reading
A century after it was built, the secluded resort thousands of miles below the rim is still an architectural marvel | Continue reading
Friars in Cambridge, England, suffered from these parasites at nearly double the rate found among average unwashed citizens | Continue reading