Brimming with cultural richness, the city's ever-evolving arts scene offers something memorable for everyone who visits. | Continue reading
From ancient rock formations to tranquil rivers under the stars, Nebraska's dark skies offer a stellar experience a bit closer to home. | Continue reading
A new report highlights safety issues that NASA must address before using the spacecraft to send astronauts to the moon, and the agency is already working on fixing the problems | Continue reading
Eugène Delacroix's 1830 oil painting had been covered in grime and discolored by eight layers of varnish | Continue reading
A traveling exhibition on view in Washington, D.C. blends education and entertainment, letting visitors get up close and personal with the ancient Egyptian pharaoh's treasures | Continue reading
The starfighter-outfitted drone was the first remotely piloted aircraft of its kind and size approved by the Federal Aviation Administration for public demonstration | Continue reading
A powerful anticyclonic tornado uprooted trees and damaged some buildings on the night of April 30, and a second unusual twister changed direction, doubling back on its path | Continue reading
In 1624, Dutch settlers arrived in Manhattan. Now, officials are marking the milestone with an honest examination of the past | Continue reading
The primate named Rakus chewed up yellow root and applied it to an open facial wound, closing the sore within days | Continue reading
The 1,110-pound ordnance is one of many bombs that have surfaced in Europe decades after the war's end | Continue reading
Though the cars could not compare to human drivers, the event may help improve self-driving technology, experts say | Continue reading
In the 1960s, two cereal giants raced to develop a toaster pastry | Continue reading
These 15 Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest images give top billing to the beautiful blooms | Continue reading
In one experiment, rat neurons helped mice restore their senses of smell—the first time any animal has perceived the world through the sensory hardware of another species | Continue reading
Officials hope to improve visitors' experience in the Paris museum's Salle des États | Continue reading
Perfectly balance elegance and ease as you set sail down some of the world’s most legendary waters. | Continue reading
Found during a construction project near the railway station in York, the trove includes pottery and bones | Continue reading
The wealthy, industrialized countries set a flexible schedule to cut one of the dirtiest fossil fuels from their economies | Continue reading
The results could even help explain why stress from anger may trigger a heart attack | Continue reading
As a result of the longer-lasting hole, harmful ultraviolet radiation is reaching Earth during a time when young penguins and seals are more vulnerable, scientists say | Continue reading
A new mini-series dramatizes the best-selling 2018 novel that sparked debate over the line between history and memory | Continue reading
The re-envisioned lodgings offer easy car-to-door access but also all the amenities of a boutique property, from local artwork to on-site fire pits | Continue reading
Protestors say the entry fee is an ineffective solution to the city’s overtourism challenges | Continue reading
The predators, which were made famous in the Jurassic World franchise, likely arose at least three times | Continue reading
The innovative “Vesuvius Challenge” unlocked a mystery that had confounded archeologists for centuries | Continue reading
Short sprints on these cylindrical structures, long used by daredevil motorcycle riders, might promote muscle mass and bone density in low-gravity conditions | Continue reading
The mysterious site is mentioned in a text buried by Mount Vesuvius' eruption 2,000 years ago | Continue reading
The animals ran around residential areas before community members—including a former rodeo bullfighter—helped corral three of them | Continue reading
The 12-string instrument, which is going to auction in late May, spent 50 years hidden away in the British countryside | Continue reading
Roughly 3,000 animals now roam the state's mountain ranges | Continue reading
The beautiful infrared imagery features one of the best known locations in space to study the evolution of stars and interstellar matter | Continue reading
Enemy soldiers overlooked Josefina "Joey" Guerrero due to her condition. Later, her heroic actions on behalf of the Allies were largely forgotten | Continue reading
This year's spectacle will be more impressive than usual, as the Earth passes through a concentrated clump of 3,000-year-old comet debris | Continue reading
"We have become so accustomed to seeing them on show that we often forget they once belonged to living people," says Melanie Pitkin, a senior curator at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney | Continue reading
The image, which sold for $22,000 at auction this week, was taken aboard a recovery vessel days after the famous ocean liner went down | Continue reading
Amateur photographer Michael Sanchez captured photos of the blue-and-chestnut bird on a beach—but he didn’t realize just how special the “mind-bending” encounter was, until later | Continue reading
A trio of interlocking enclosures, the structure may date to the time of the Bell Beaker culture, but experts are unsure of its exact age and purpose | Continue reading
Ada "Bricktop" Smith, who operated venues in Rome, Paris and Mexico City, brushed shoulders with the likes of Langston Hughes, Salvador Dalí and Gertrude Stein | Continue reading
Korean artist Do Ho Suh’s “Public Figures” makes a grand arrival outside the National Museum of Asian Art | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Narbonne, France, have been studying the necropolis since 2017 | Continue reading
The mRNA therapy, designed to prevent treated skin cancer from returning, is entering its third phase of trials | Continue reading
The model used in the original series' opening credits is now back with Eugene Roddenberry Jr., the son of the show's creator | Continue reading
A new paper refutes the idea that T. rex was as brainy as a baboon, furthering the debate on the extinct reptile's intellect | Continue reading
The iconic Paris landmark has never experienced such a mishap in its 135-year history | Continue reading
Researchers who spent years fixing errors in shoddy government records have partnered with Ancestry to make a wide selection of historical documents related to the period available for free | Continue reading
An additional 29 whales died, officials reported last week, while the reason behind the stranding remains unknown | Continue reading
From frogs to orchids, many organisms go dormant or move underground for lengthy stints | Continue reading
Take in the remarkable tale of the fake attorney best known as L.A. Harris, whose scams put him in trouble with the law in jurisdictions nationwide | Continue reading