The canned food company's tomato breeding program was responsible for developing several important varieties | Continue reading
The volume is going on display at Vancouver Art Gallery as part of a new exhibition | Continue reading
The devices—developed by Elon Musk's SpaceX—have a warming feature to prevent snow built up from disrupting the signal | Continue reading
The predator’s movements in the Atlantic Ocean could scramble ecosystems and endanger the sharks by sending them outside marine protected areas | Continue reading
Purchased by an art historian for $90 in 1970, researchers now say the portrait might be the handiwork of the 17th-century court painter Anthony van Dyck | Continue reading
An investigation launched by the New York cultural institution concluded that the 14th- and 17th-century carvings were "unlawfully obtained" | Continue reading
The experiment documented what happens when atoms cross from classical physics to quantum behaviors | Continue reading
The Ipogeo dei Cristallini's well-preserved tombs will open to the public as soon as summer 2022 | Continue reading
One of the newly unearthed objects, an inscribed bone, is the first of its kind found in Oslo in decades | Continue reading
A study of the remains of 2,000 specimens reveals the steeds were around 4 feet 10 inches tall | Continue reading
The skeleton measures more than 32 feet in length, with a 6.5-foot-long skull that weighs about a ton | Continue reading
Built by Chinese immigrants in the 1860s, the caverns cutting through Donner Summit helped unite the country | Continue reading
Researchers used 3-D scanning and A.I. to identify artists from tiny samples of their paintings | Continue reading
Superheated plasma reached 126 million degrees Fahrenheit for 17 minutes | Continue reading
The car was designed to move depending on the fish's location in its tank, showing animals can understand how to navigate foreign environments | Continue reading
Scientists credit the actor with helping save the Ebo Forest—the plant's home–from logging | Continue reading
In a new book, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre honor the remains—and the creative reuses—of North America's iconic 20th century cinemas | Continue reading
Researchers also uncovered three stone tombs, an urn and the remains of a young man | Continue reading
Smithsonian curators reflect on the legacy of the late Poitier, who starred in “In the Heat of the Night” and “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” | Continue reading
Almon F. Rockwell's newly resurfaced journals, excerpted exclusively here, offer an incisive account of the assassinated presidents' final moments | Continue reading
Ponds made by the large rodents are causing permafrost to thaw, releasing methane and carbon dioxide once stored in the frozen Earth | Continue reading
The rare Bronze Age sarcophagus contained human remains, an ax and plant bedding | Continue reading
High levels of two dangerous pollutants are occurring with increasing frequency, researchers say | Continue reading
On the one-year anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, the National Museum of American History continues to collect related artifacts | Continue reading
Advocates are calling on leaders to exonerate the thousands of women and men targeted in witch hunts during the 16th through 18th centuries | Continue reading
At least six inches of snowfall covered Washington, D.C. this week causing closures and delays for residents, but the zoo animals were out to play | Continue reading
These trailblazers are dreaming up a future with cell-cultured breastmilk, energy-saving windows and more | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Spain used laser scanning technology to locate submerged ruins along the coast of the Bay of Cádiz | Continue reading
In the wake of crisis and disaster, rescue workers led by the Smithsonian step in to safeguard irreplaceable treasures | Continue reading
The energy released during the blast is as powerful as 30 tons of TNT | Continue reading
A Smithsonian curator reflects on the legacy of the beloved “Golden Girls” actress | Continue reading
Analysis of supercentenarians suggests human lifespan may have no limit | Continue reading
During the Civil War, these individuals convinced the president, altering the course of U.S. history | Continue reading
The more scientists learn about the Hudsonian godwit, the more they’re amazed—and worried | Continue reading
In its time, the Assyrian capital faced waves of invasions and abandonment. Now a small team of archaeologists are protecting it from more modern threats | Continue reading
The newly discovered specimen sheds light on how the sea creatures, known as ichthyosaurs, evolved their gargantuan size so quickly | Continue reading
Researchers examined 23 different at-home treatments for side effects of heavy drinking | Continue reading
Upholding an earlier decision, the high court halts construction of a new restaurant, resolving a years-long dispute in favor of cultural preservation | Continue reading
Increasing fossil finds are helping researchers understand how such early whales made their way to the continent | Continue reading
A historian traces the tradition's links to space travel, the Doomsday Clock and Alfred Hitchcock | Continue reading
As you uncork that bottle and raise your glass, take time to toast the physics and chemistry along with the New Year | Continue reading
Works newly available to copy, republish and remix in 2022 also include poems by Langston Hughes and Dorothy Parker | Continue reading
From nanobots to cancer treatments, nature inspires a wide variety of innovations | Continue reading
Remarkable samples from an ancient culture offer scientists a promising new way to study the past | Continue reading
Paleoanthropologists Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae reveal some of the year's best findings in human origins studies | Continue reading
From a lifelong passion for ants, E.O. Wilson guided humanity to think of conservation | Continue reading
The key finds and moments in a year packed with amazing stories about the terrible lizards | Continue reading
The year's most exciting discoveries include a Viking "piggy bank," a lost Native American settlement and a secret passageway hidden behind a bookshelf | Continue reading