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Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas | Continue reading
The Smithsonian’s Chris Browne flew the much-feared F-14, and as a former TOPGUN student, knows well the power of a Navy-trained fighter pilot | Continue reading
Co-created with Indigenous partners, the new permanent installation reckons with past harm | Continue reading
Up to 7,000 years old, the mummified remains are treasured by local residents | Continue reading
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The ancient fossils with wingspans the size of school buses are estimated to be 86 million years old | Continue reading
Kavachi, a submarine volcano in the southwest Pacific Ocean, is home to several species of sharks and fish that can withstand the extreme environment | Continue reading
Italy wants a Roman replica of "Doryphoros" in the Minneapolis Institute of Art returned | Continue reading
A devastating attack at a Scottish primary school sparked national outcry—and a successful campaign for gun reform | Continue reading
In the mid-1990s, tens of thousands left in boats or handcrafted floats facing treacherous waters in search of a better life | Continue reading
Mapping technology cut through the canopy to detect sprawling urban structures in Bolivia that suggest sophisticated cultures once existed | Continue reading
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The recently confiscated painting is worth an estimated $7 million | Continue reading
The amphibians stretch their limbs and tails to glide in a smooth style | Continue reading
Author Carlo Collodi may have drawn inspiration from one—or a few—female figures in his life | Continue reading
Donated to the head of Catholic University’s drama department in 1973, the garment's ownership is now at the center of a legal dispute | Continue reading
The state's archaeologists believe people quarried red ocher at Powars II starting 12,840 years ago | Continue reading
Your thoughts on Italian villages, the legend of the music tree and the politics of wind power | Continue reading
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To residents of Southern California with ties to the Eastern European nations, the conflict feels close to home | Continue reading
The drug's initial successes have upended what many neuroscientists know about the brain and mental illness | Continue reading
For more than a century, museum artifacts were acquired in ways we no longer find acceptable. How can we repair the damage? | Continue reading
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Forget what you know from the cartoon. The 19th-century story, now in a new translation, was a rallying cry for universal education and Italian nationhood | Continue reading
After two and a half years of issues, the spacecraft's successful arrival is an important next step in NASA's commercial crew program | Continue reading
Reconstructing the scentscapes of bygone civilizations is anything but simple | Continue reading
The mammals rub on invertebrates, possibly to contact substances that might work like antibacterial creams | Continue reading
Forget Dolly the Sheep. The birth of a mouse named Cumulina 25 years ago launched a genetic revolution | Continue reading
Fossilized feces found near the Neolothic monument suggests its builders chowed down on undercooked animal organs | Continue reading
A new explores two sides of female divinity | Continue reading
An unpublished memoir reveals how the world’s most famous child actress became a star of the environmental movement | Continue reading
One sculptor and his team of artists take on the epic project of conveying the century-old conflict through a massive bronze installation | Continue reading
The hunt for the true story behind Melville's hyphen is as mysterious as the famous white whale | Continue reading
So far, health officials have detected cases in Europe, Canada and the United States | Continue reading
More than 1,200 species of spiders, scorpions and other arachnids are involved in the wildlife trade | Continue reading
Around 750,000 people died during the conflict—2.5 percent of the country's population at the time | Continue reading
New talks raise old questions about the ancient Parthenon sculptures | Continue reading
Ground scans at Castilly Henge revealed seven pits where ancient stones once stood | Continue reading
Conservationists are racing to rescue a delightful coastal animal from rising seas | Continue reading
The obscure roots of a centuries-old beverage that’s now a Juneteenth fixture | Continue reading
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Researchers find that their chops are as powerful as a rock climber's arms | Continue reading
An MIT study shows how, when treated with copper, a clay called zeolite can convert methane to carbon dioxide, a less powerful greenhouse gas | Continue reading
The Surrealist and Dada artist superimposed violin f-holes on his muse’s back | Continue reading
After seemingly closing for good five years ago, Ringing Bros. and Barnum & Bailey will launch a new, more modern show in 2023 | Continue reading
Archaeological divers spent 10 days evaluating the sunken ship in the Mobile River, and took samples for possible traces of DNA | Continue reading
The world’s largest book repository has expanded far beyond its original scope to include sound recordings and digitized collections | Continue reading