A 2015 study showed that ten other men have a lot of descendants. The paper is just one of several genetic studies revealing the secrets of descent | Continue reading
Researchers tracked the immune responses of 16 people intentionally exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and pinpointed a gene that seems to help resist the virus before it can take hold | Continue reading
Team Phat posted a video showing one of its members breaking a stone protruding from a wall | Continue reading
For decades, Libba Cotten was one of the most distinctive folk musicians in America | Continue reading
Decades ago, the drug baron smuggled the beasts into South America for his private menagerie. They’ve been multiplying ever since. Now officials are taking extreme measures to counter the problem | Continue reading
New videos may help settle scientists' long-standing debate over whether leeches can jump | Continue reading
Archaeologists recovered two amphorae from the 3,300-year-old wreck site, which sheds new light on ancient maritime navigation | Continue reading
In its 15th year, the contest showcases diverse avian species, their fascinating behaviors and the habitats needed to keep them alive | Continue reading
The reflective metal structure was found on a hiking trail in the Desert National Wildlife Refuge | Continue reading
In the seaside resort town of Herculaneum, the beach is the final resting place of more than 330 residents who tried to flee | Continue reading
A new documentary tells the story of Black Barbie, and why she has meant so much to so many | Continue reading
Important details in "The Judgement of Paris" appear to have been changed several decades after the artist's death | Continue reading
These highlights from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest will remind you of everything you love about the season | Continue reading
High-tech features are making treacherous ocean passages feel tame | Continue reading
A new film dramatizes the story of a motorcycle club chronicled by Lyon in the 1960s, offering a tribute to the outlaw spirit | Continue reading
A California researcher and his team simulate stepping on round rays to learn more about their behavior | Continue reading
Protesters with Just Stop Oil are demanding that the British government phase out fossil fuels by 2030 | Continue reading
The discovery sheds light on the evolution of a surprisingly diverse group of horned dinosaurs in the western United States | Continue reading
Utah homebrewer Dylan McDonnell created his 'Sinai Sour' in his backyard | Continue reading
The Smithsonian has acquired a collection of 146 slave badges from between 1800 and 1865 | Continue reading
An exhibition in Seattle spotlights the Black artists and performers who called Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden home between the 1930s and the 1980s | Continue reading
From now through much of next year, the moon will periodically rise and set at its most extreme points, thanks to a rare celestial phenomenon that only occurs every 18.6 years | Continue reading
Because these social hubs are the glue holding communities together, a growing movement seeks to protect them on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list | Continue reading
Beginning next year, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will use the world’s largest digital camera to give us a whole new view of the universe | Continue reading
A showcase of Black artists displays the restorative power of relaxation, and defines what it means to reclaim time | Continue reading
Despite killing more people in the U.S. each year than hurricanes, floods or tornadoes, heat waves aren’t currently eligible for emergency funding from the disaster relief agency | Continue reading
Researchers have concluded that the fluid preserved inside an ancient funerary urn is a white sherry-like wine | Continue reading
Vivek H. Murthy views social media as a contributor the mental health crisis in young people, and he suggests tobacco-style warnings on the apps | Continue reading
The Great Dane measures over three feet tall—about the same size as an average 3-year-old child | Continue reading
The trove of objects—including pottery, porcelain, shells and coins—was found roughly a mile below the surface | Continue reading
The Phrygian cap, also known as the liberty cap, emerged as a potent symbol in 18th-century America and France | Continue reading
The southern and western subpopulations are on track to disappear as sea ice becomes too thin amid rising global temperatures | Continue reading
A new lesson plan centers Native American perspectives on the violence of Western expansion | Continue reading
During a renovation project, archaeologists uncovered intact bottles containing preserved cherries and berries that are more than 250 years old | Continue reading
The photographer entered the image into a contest's artificial intelligence category to "prove that human-made content has not lost its relevance" | Continue reading
A photographer spotted the calf on June 4. White buffalo are sacred to some Native American tribes, and the birth has been called a "blessing and a warning" | Continue reading
Currently 15 billion miles away from Earth, one of NASA’s longest-tenured spacecraft is back from the brink after a technical failure last year put its future in question | Continue reading
The painting, "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt," could sell for as much as $30 million | Continue reading
Studying this event could hold lessons for scientists about how to protect astronauts from radiation on future trips to the Red Planet | Continue reading
A curator has finally figured out the identity of the couple painted by Frans Hals around 1637 | Continue reading
A new wave of tools promises to offer quicker, more objective assessments to help patients and clinicians | Continue reading
Sit back, relax and pedal your way along historic railroad tracks | Continue reading
The last time a botanist recorded a sighting of false mermaid-weed in the state was in 1916 | Continue reading
Researchers extracted parasitic DNA from preserved teeth and bones, revealing how malaria spread across the globe in a new study | Continue reading
Archaeologists discovered remnants of the small factory on an island in Greece | Continue reading
Astronomers suggest this cold, dense cloud compressed our sun's protective field between two and three million years ago, leaving the Earth exposed to cosmic material | Continue reading
The famed explorer died of a heart attack aboard the ship near South Georgia Island in 1922, and it sank in the north Atlantic Ocean in 1962 | Continue reading
The only sightings of the animals so far have come from corpses or creatures dragged up from the depths | Continue reading