A new exhibition spotlights the Spanish artist's printmaking talents, which he began honing in his 20s. In the decades that followed, he produced thousands of breathtaking creations | Continue reading
After a years-long restoration, the unique device that recorded hits like "Come Together" and "Here Comes the Sun" is now fully functional | Continue reading
An assessment from the International Union for Conservation of Nature paints a grim picture of the extinction risk of the world's trees | Continue reading
By analyzing an old lidar survey, researchers found evidence of more than 6,500 ancient structures in a previously unexplored area of Campeche | Continue reading
A paleontologist at the Natural History Museum in London chronicles the age of the famous and fascinating massive reptiles | Continue reading
A team of roboticists, paleontologists and biologists are building robots to simulate crucial evolutionary developments that can’t be tested with static fossils | Continue reading
The remains were discovered during excavations in 1938. Now, researchers have learned new information about his identity by analyzing DNA from his tooth | Continue reading
"Spectropia" demystified the techniques used by mediums who claimed they could speak to the dead, revealing the "absurd follies of Spiritualism" | Continue reading
The science about whether mental health conditions can spread socially is uncertain, but exposure to an affected peer can drive awareness | Continue reading
While most wooden artifacts disintegrate after thousands of years, the newly unearthed oak tool has remained in remarkable condition | Continue reading
Grizzly 399 became a celebrity of Grand Teton National Park in her lifetime. Now, her death has drawn attention to wildlife-vehicle collisions and how they might be reduced | Continue reading
The banana duct-taped to a wall was created to be a "reflection on what we value." An upcoming auction may deliver an answer | Continue reading
Since her birth in 1909, Francis lived through two world wars, segregation, the fall of the Soviet Union, multiple pandemics and the invention of the cellphone | Continue reading
In the late 19th century, city officials turned the final resting place for 10,000 souls into what's now Greenwich Village’s James J. Walker Park | Continue reading
Despite its unusually small size, the newly unearthed House of Phaedra is covered in elaborate frescos depicting mythological scenes | Continue reading
Colossal Biosciences reports it extracted DNA and RNA from the Tasmanian tiger specimen, a key step forward in its effort to create a modern proxy of the extinct species. Other scientists are calling for data to back up the claim | Continue reading
The president atoned for the federal government's role in forcing Native American children into boarding schools, where many were abused and more than 900 died | Continue reading
Government corruption, loved ones becoming ill or dying, cyberterrorism and nuclear weapons topped the list of Chapman University's annual survey | Continue reading
Using high-res scans, a researcher uncovered scribbled etchings likely made by the British poet and artist while working as a teenage apprentice engraver in the 1770s | Continue reading
Geologists suggest the catastrophic impact of "S2" delivered key nutrients to the oceans, prompting microorganisms to thrive | Continue reading
The looming sculpture features a small camera above an eight-foot-tall screen, which displays live video from Lithuania, Poland and Ireland | Continue reading
Study participants with lifelong anosmia sniffed less than those with a normal sense of smell. Future research could shed light on whether this has negative implications for their health | Continue reading
The new research could change history's understanding of the sprawling trade network that connected Europe and the Middle East to East Asia | Continue reading
See photographs of the beautiful natural wonders from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest | Continue reading
With no conclusive laboratory results, researchers are turning to other methods to find the elusive substance | Continue reading
From the busy cities to ocean waters, our need to illuminate the world has had some strange and tragic consequences | Continue reading
The Sacro Bosco's meaning is the subject of debate, with scholars alternatively describing the sprawling complex as a memorial, an allegorical site or a tribute to ancient civilizations | Continue reading
The so-called Chew Valley Hoard, which just sold for a record $5.6 million, includes 2,584 coins featuring the likenesses of Harold II, William the Conqueror and Edward the Confessor | Continue reading
Pathogens are more common in polar bears living in the Chukchi Sea now than they were three decades ago, a new study suggests—but it's not yet clear what that means for the mammals' health | Continue reading
A special committee has until January 15 to finalize the design, location and funding for a monument that will be erected on the lawn of the South Carolina State House | Continue reading
The giant salmon carp was formally identified in 1991, and since then, fewer than 30 individuals had been documented | Continue reading
Step right up and see the spooky circus dolls—from creepy clowns to frightening fortune-tellers—in a Minnesota museum's vintage toy collection | Continue reading
Chinook salmon spark excitement among local Klamath Tribes, who have advocated for decades to restore the flow of the river in California and Oregon | Continue reading
History forgot about "Gibbet Hill" for more than a century—until a fan of the Gothic horror writer stumbled upon the haunting tale at the National Library of Ireland | Continue reading
Your feedback on the First Continental Congress, Douglas MacArthur and England's tangled history | Continue reading
After he was forced off the German stage in 1934 by antisemitic hecklers, Leo Reuss found a daring way to hide in plain sight | Continue reading
A new exhibition at the British Library explores the public, private and spiritual lives of such figures as Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan and Hildegard of Bingen | Continue reading
Called M136279841, the value belongs to a rare class of prime numbers called Mersenne primes and was found using a supercomputer system spread across 17 countries | Continue reading
A new exhibition in Paris demonstrates the influence that the Spanish artist had on the young American painter who would help usher in the Abstract Expressionist movement | Continue reading
With flinty perseverance and a golden touch, Belinda Mulrooney earned an unlikely fortune in the frozen north and reshaped the Canadian frontier | Continue reading
Created in London in the 1960s, the tracks are heading to auction as part of a larger collection of memorabilia connected to the famous American guitarist | Continue reading
Scurvy diagnoses in Australia and Canada suggest doctors should consider testing for vitamin C deficiency in patients experiencing poverty, food insecurity and social isolation | Continue reading
The discovery of worms and snails confirms that these still-mysterious, dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust | Continue reading
The sprawling estate, which is the largest privately owned home in the country, will open its doors in November after a month-long closure | Continue reading
In the international competition, people with physical disabilities put state-of-the-art devices to the test as they race to complete the tasks of everyday life | Continue reading
Humans perfected how to identify wild animals over millennia, and now biologists are rediscovering the exceptional worth of the tracks and marks left behind | Continue reading
A century on, the country’s most beloved Thursday spectacle reaches new heights | Continue reading
Scientists in France solved the evolutionary mystery of this prehistoric monster, which resembles both the centipedes and millipedes of today | Continue reading