Federal investigators have handed over the shoes to their rightful owner, who plans to sell them at auction later this year | Continue reading
For the first time, scientists have recreated what one patient suffering from prosopometamorphopsia, or PMO, sees when he looks at faces | Continue reading
The 7,000-year-old vessels offer evidence of advanced seafaring technology and an extensive regional trade network, a new study suggests | Continue reading
Observed around the world, the Hindu Festival of Colors welcomes spring | Continue reading
The National Park Service's restoration project will reconstruct a protective seawall and plant 274 new cherry blossoms when work is complete | Continue reading
A new film dramatizes Shirley Chisholm's history-making bid to become the first Black woman president in 1972 | Continue reading
Found in Poland, the "pilgrim's badge" was likely worn by a Christian traveler hundreds of years ago | Continue reading
The now-famous “virgin” stingray Charlotte is not having hybrid babies, scientists say. But in nature, distinct species sometimes interbreed to produce surprising offspring | Continue reading
Residents fled when flames burned through the Must Farm settlement, and now, archaeologists have unearthed its buildings and objects that were preserved in a riverbed | Continue reading
The Oregon Outback International Dark Sky Sanctuary covers 2.5 million acres in the southeastern part of the state | Continue reading
Pebanista yacuruna is the largest freshwater dolphin ever found, but it is more closely related to today's river dolphins of South Asia than those in the Amazon | Continue reading
Archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of Corinth's main harbor | Continue reading
Archaeological discoveries add 500 years to the history of Corinth's main harbor | Continue reading
Mabel Boll, a wealthy New York socialite, dreamed of making aviation history. But Earhart beat her to the finish line, completing the trans-Atlantic journey as a passenger in June 1928 | Continue reading
Meet James Swanson, the lifelong Abraham Lincoln obsessive who wrote the nonfiction thriller that inspired the acclaimed miniseries | Continue reading
The FBI has returned the rare objects to Okinawa, where they were looted during World War II | Continue reading
Conditions north of the Arctic Circle, where dinosaurs roamed in abundance during the mid-Cretaceous, were warmer than today, with rainfall comparable to “modern-day Miami” | Continue reading
The document was "likely the very first publicly available report on the creation of the bomb," according to RR Auction | Continue reading
Scientists have unearthed more than 4,400 human brains—some more than 12,000 years old—making them less rare than thought, a new study finds | Continue reading
Recurring symbols across 16 sites suggest that many of the artworks were created by the same cultural group | Continue reading
While whales moved from living on land to an existence immersed in water, pinnipeds embraced an amphibious lifestyle | Continue reading
A new database catalogs 16,000 chemicals found in plastics and identifies more than 4,200 that are potentially hazardous to human health and the environment | Continue reading
The sunken vessels range in age from 3,000 B.C.E to the 1940s | Continue reading
Researchers found flutes, bells, gold jewelry and the body of an important religious leader inside the elaborate shared grave | Continue reading
The new discovery could help scientists unravel the mystery of how the arachnids evolved across some 537 million years | Continue reading
The Louvre cleaned and conserved Hans Holbein's 1539 likeness of the Tudor queen, revealing its vibrant colors and previously hidden details | Continue reading
Surveys of 24 astronauts who traveled to the International Space Station found that nearly all of them reported headaches, and many of these occurred past the first week in space | Continue reading
After centuries of neglect, botanists are using new techniques to understand roots | Continue reading
Located on a wall behind a bare tree, the work features towering streaks of green meant to look like foliage | Continue reading
Officials detected signs of an eruption only 40 minutes before fountains of lava burst from the ground | Continue reading
The National Museum Cardiff is encouraging visitors to snap photos with the 1887 artwork, which is on view in Wales for the first time | Continue reading
The snakes may be some of the most resource-efficient animals to farm on the planet, a new study suggests | Continue reading
Found near a lavish historic estate, the nearly 2,000-year-old artifact has baffled researchers | Continue reading
The NASA-supported experiments are mobilizing legions of researchers and volunteers to capture wide-ranging observations during totality, from amateur radio operations to elusive solar plumes to unusual animal behavior | Continue reading
A new report from the American Library Association found that the number of challenged titles increased by 65 percent in 2023 | Continue reading
Upper-class women used letters and embroidery to reflect on their inner lives | Continue reading
Long presumed lost, the collection of rare shells is now on display in England | Continue reading
As the world warms, trees in such forests will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That's where assisted migration comes in | Continue reading
As it returned to Earth, the spacecraft likely broke apart or burned up, and the booster was lost in the Gulf of Mexico | Continue reading
At the Picasso Museum, the talented painter's artistic legacy is finally getting the recognition it deserves | Continue reading
The gravitational interactions between Mars and Earth as they orbit the sun may have periodically promoted a warmer climate and changes in ocean circulation on our home planet | Continue reading
Here’s your lucky chance to see 15 images of the Emerald Isle from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest | Continue reading
Medieval pilgrims flocked to the site for spiritual purification | Continue reading
Alongside humans, five species of toothed whales are known to experience menopause. A new study suggests they evolved the trait to increase their lifespan | Continue reading
Designed by artist Marjane Satrapi, the enormous triptych depicts athletes competing around the Eiffel Tower | Continue reading
New research upends a long-held theory that male mammals tend to be bigger than their female counterparts | Continue reading
The astrolabe features Hebrew and Latin inscriptions added by different owners over time | Continue reading
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is a frigid, volcanic ice ball that won’t pass near Earth again until 2095 | Continue reading