A new film dramatizes the harrowing attempts to save a group of boys trapped in a cave in Thailand in 2018 | Continue reading
SAAM’s new show “We Are Made of Stories” examines the 20th-century rise and creative vision of artists who make art without formal training | Continue reading
The production, expected to open in 2024, is a celebration of the painter's resilience and passion | Continue reading
Those living in the doomed paradise face a stark choice: resist, adapt, or give in to the ravenous ocean | Continue reading
The river is an important water source for central New Mexico, and it's also home to the endangered silvery minnow | Continue reading
The podcast 'Sidedoor' goes behind-the-scenes with the Smithsonian Culture Rescue Initiative and its heroic efforts to safeguard the nation’s heritage | Continue reading
The United States and Russia jointly built and now operate the station | Continue reading
A new documentary explores the meaning of the catchy, enigmatic tune | Continue reading
A sustainable option for what to do with our remains is trickling into popular consciousness | Continue reading
Just as schizophrenics may hear voices in their heads, they may also experience self-induced phantom tickling | Continue reading
Scientists published a rebuttal article that found “insufficient evidence for multiple species of Tyrannosaurus” | Continue reading
Famine and disease from millennia ago likely spurred the rapid evolution of the trait on the continent | Continue reading
The Oak Fire has forced thousands of Mariposa County residents to evacuate | Continue reading
Scientists think the light detected by the telescope is from just 300 million years after the Big Bang | Continue reading
Carrying a cargo of locally sourced limestone, the so-called Mortar Wreck likely sank off the Dorset coast during the reign of Henry III | Continue reading
Five deaths have been attributed to the disease in the Central African Republic and Nigeria in 2022 | Continue reading
For Jon and Patricia Sharp, crafting and flying the sleek airplanes was as much about sport as it was about ingenuity | Continue reading
The rare egg may not be authentic—but if it is, it could be worth millions | Continue reading
Jewish doctor L.L. Zamenhof created Esperanto as a way for diverse groups to easily communicate | Continue reading
The Yurok Tribe has released one juvenile female and three males, the first birds to live in the region in more than 100 years | Continue reading
Amid delays, cancellations and long lines, Alaska Airlines is rolling out a new technology that could make checking a bag easier and faster | Continue reading
The new exhibition explores diverse interpretations of the document's founding values | Continue reading
The new documentary 'Aftershock' follows two women who died from pregnancy-related complications | Continue reading
Communities created bountiful food without putting populations at risk of collapse | Continue reading
The astronaut is auctioning off his moon-landing jacket and other space gear | Continue reading
The CDC reports a 44 percent increase in drug overdose fatalities in Black people and a 39 percent increase in Native Americans from 2019 to 2020 | Continue reading
At the height of the civil rights movement, Howard University's oarsmen held their own against rivals from established, largely white programs | Continue reading
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the iconic North American butterfly is getting closer to extinction | Continue reading
Experts warn that the virus poses a health risk to unvaccinated communities | Continue reading
Bioluminescent bacteria are likely responsible for this rare luminous event covering thousands of square miles of ocean | Continue reading
Stewart Adams' headache subsided—and his over-the-counter pain reliever became one of the world's most popular medications | Continue reading
The country's distinct history is revealed in banknotes, coins and other monetary objects, says the Smithsonian’s curator of numismatics | Continue reading
The 14-acre Presidio Tunnel Tops is the latest infrastructure reuse project to transform a city | Continue reading
Using a long rope, volcano guides pulled the man to safety | Continue reading
Scientists think a recently discovered fossil is evidence that evolution is more like a branching tree than a ladder | Continue reading
The felines were declared extinct in the country in 1952 | Continue reading
A new paper warns that a growing reliance on trash is leading to more human-bear conflict | Continue reading
New research draws on rock reliefs and ancient coins to link the Rabana-Merquly fortress in Iraq to a vassal state of the Parthian Empire | Continue reading
The state has found more than 1,400 of the massive snails since June | Continue reading
A new exhibition will explore the rise of South Korean fashion, movies, music and more | Continue reading
The bones were discovered in a ditch near a former field hospital | Continue reading
Union gunfire killed 85-year-old Judith Carter Henry on July 21, 1861—the day of the First Battle of Bull Run | Continue reading
A new study looking at genomes and the fossil record shows that penguins evolve slower than other birds | Continue reading
Criminals had hidden the contraband animal parts in a container full of sawn timber | Continue reading
Across the island, certified sites invite both travelers and local residents to experience farming practices and traditions firsthand | Continue reading
Experiments on the International Space Station will help show how human cells grow and age in zero gravity | Continue reading
Officials removed the Native American athlete's victories from Olympic records in 1913 | Continue reading
A historian is fighting to honor the legacy of the 19th-century artist | Continue reading