A new virus strain has been spreading primarily the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as nearby countries that had previously not reported mpox cases | Continue reading
Recent excavations provide a glimpse into the choices a man and woman made in their final moments | Continue reading
Gooseneck barnacles are tasty, but expensive, given the skill and guts it takes to gather them from slick rocks slammed by waves | Continue reading
The water is enough to cover the Martian surface in a mile-deep ocean, but it's beyond the reach of drills for now, according to researchers | Continue reading
The original statue of the pioneering baseball player vanished from a ballpark in Wichita, Kansas, earlier this year | Continue reading
A new book by historian William E. Leuchtenburg examines how the first six commanders in chief embodied the revolutionary spirit and set precedents that shaped their successors' tenures | Continue reading
The mega iceberg A23a is destined to melt after breaking free from Antarctica in 1986, but this pause in its journey is delaying its fate, experts say | Continue reading
The artwork, which adorns a wall by the pool at an old recreation center in New York City, faces an uncertain future | Continue reading
The enormous fossil belonged to a Columbian mammoth, a larger relative of the woolly mammoth | Continue reading
The United Nations agency is worried about high-rise developments near the famed 11th-century fortress | Continue reading
Found on the Greek island of Euboea, the pebbled design is part of a 2,400-year-old floor | Continue reading
Healthy people who consumed 30 grams of the sweetener erythritol had an increased risk of blood clot formation, while people who consumed the same amount of glucose did not | Continue reading
In the 1930s, disillusioned farmers and ranchers fought to carve a 49th state out of northern Wyoming, southeastern Montana and western South Dakota | Continue reading
In the 1930s, disillusioned farmers and ranchers fought to carve a 49th state out of northern Wyoming, southeastern Montana and western South Dakota | Continue reading
One researcher thinks the V-shaped markings engraved into a pillar thousands of years ago may represent the days of the year | Continue reading
One day after the FDA declined to approve the psychedelic for medical use, a journal retracted three studies of MDMA-assisted therapy due to unethical conduct by researchers | Continue reading
Following the break-up of an ancient supercontinent, waves propagated through the hot, rocky layer beneath the planet's brittle crust and reshaped its surface over millions of years | Continue reading
"A Soldier's Journey," the 58-foot-long bronze sculpture created by Sabin Howard, will be unveiled in Washington, D.C. on September 13 | Continue reading
Almost 20 years ago, a Volkswagen Touareg, now on view at the National Museum of American History, won a competition and led to the “birth moment” of self-driving cars | Continue reading
The original “burning man” was the brainchild of a local artist and involves volunteers constructing a 50-foot-tall villain | Continue reading
Houses and businesses across the Greek capital incorporate—or obscure—structures spanning the city’s ancient, Byzantine, medieval and Ottoman eras | Continue reading
The event won't be featured at the Los Angeles Games in 2028, but that doesn't mean its Olympic journey is over | Continue reading
The record-setting rock samples will provide insight into the chemical processes that may have kick-started life on our planet | Continue reading
In recent years, officials have seen a series of similar incidents at Italy's most popular historic sites | Continue reading
Changing water levels and erosion from waves may have contributed to the collapse in the popular Glen Canyon National Recreation Area | Continue reading
In some districts, students returned to their classrooms weeks before Labor Day | Continue reading
NEOWISE, which looked for potentially hazardous objects in the solar system, received its last command on Thursday and will burn up when it re-enters Earth's atmosphere | Continue reading
Arborists didn't know if the historic tree would survive, but they've been working to give it the best possible odds | Continue reading
Marine biologists discovered that a protein that boosts fluorescent output also enables an antioxidant property | Continue reading
In August 1944, the older brother of Robert and John F. Kennedy died while piloting a drone aircraft over England, leaving his younger siblings to fulfill their father's dreams | Continue reading
Never forget your favorite pachyderm with these memorable images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest | Continue reading
The street artist has unveiled five animal-themed artworks, sparking debate about their intended message | Continue reading
Often used to kill weeds around crops, DCPA poses a health risk to the unborn babies of pregnant farmworkers, according to the agency | Continue reading
Ancient Babylonians linked astronomical phenomena to pestilence, the death of kings and the destruction of empires | Continue reading
The bell was built for the Games, but it will soon get a second life in one of Paris' most beloved landmarks | Continue reading
Researchers propose a new technique for making the Red Planet more habitable by engineering heat-trapping nanoparticles from Martian dust | Continue reading
Two teeth and a small adult arm bone found in Indonesia suggest the ancestors of Homo floresiensis were even shorter than scientists previously thought | Continue reading
The 74-year-old French artist reflected on his stunt and balanced on a tightrope at two performances in Manhattan | Continue reading
NASA researchers are scrutinizing rocks and dirt brought to Earth from the asteroid Bennu | Continue reading
After technical issues on Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, the space agency says it's considering bringing the astronauts back to Earth on a SpaceX Crew Dragon instead | Continue reading
An upcoming exhibition will trace the history of the city's domesticated dogs, cats, horses and other animals | Continue reading
Researchers found thriving communities of microbes in microwave ovens used in home kitchens, shared spaces and laboratories | Continue reading
An upcoming exhibition will feature 160 sketches by Italian masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Titian | Continue reading
Created by artists in India, the artworks are part of a larger effort to promote coexistence between humans and animals | Continue reading
The athletes' accommodations have come a long way in the last 100 years, expanding into modern global hubs | Continue reading
A massive project prompted by the wildly destructive Hurricane Ike offers a solutions-based preview of our climate future | Continue reading
Australian researchers glued satellite-linked GPS cameras to the animals' backs to capture footage that could be vital to marine conservation efforts | Continue reading
Underwater archaeologists discovered three shipwrecks submerged near the small Alaskan island, which was the site of one of the deadliest conflicts in the Pacific | Continue reading