In a nearly treeless desert, Ancestral Puebloans built Great Houses with more than 200,000 massive log beams | Continue reading
Kathleen Corradi says she will "bring a science- and systems-based approach" to the job | Continue reading
Quant captured London's "Swinging Sixties" with her cutting-edge designs | Continue reading
These are the reasons behind the timing of many Americans' least favorite holiday | Continue reading
Every year, the Library of Congress selects 25 recordings that are "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" | Continue reading
During a prehistoric ice age when the planet was enveloped in glaciers, algae could have made a living in patchy, open oceans, study suggests | Continue reading
The spacecraft will investigate oceans that might lie beneath the moons' surfaces and study whether they could support life | Continue reading
Astronomers used machine-learning technology to improve a 2019 visualization of the M87 black hole, located some 54 million light-years away from Earth | Continue reading
The vanity plate, which features the characters “P7,” sold for $15 million at an auction in Dubai | Continue reading
One of the oldest recorded annual showers, the Lyrids will peak on April 22 | Continue reading
A new Smithsonian exhibition delves into the issue of light pollution, with easy solutions offering an immediate change | Continue reading
Biologists are deploying 3D-printed replicas of hatchlings, lasers and drones to curb predation | Continue reading
A new mobile app provides access to the National Stolen Art File, a database of 8,000 missing items | Continue reading
Authorities eventually recovered 96 of the lost timepieces, including a $30 million watch commissioned for Marie Antoinette | Continue reading
Urban elites use a disproportionate share of water compared to their lower-income peers, according to a new study | Continue reading
A 26-year-old man was trying to climb the Talus Dome in Edmonton, Alberta, when he slipped through an opening | Continue reading
Descriptions of lunar eclipses from monks and poets can shed light on how volcanoes affect Earth's climate in a new study | Continue reading
Michael Barzman agreed to plead guilty in connection with a scandal that rocked the Orlando Museum of Art | Continue reading
Negotiations between states have not produced an agreement on how to allocate the dwindling water, so the federal government has offered tentative plans | Continue reading
This month’s Smithsonian podcasts include a deep dive into India’s monsoon weather patterns and discussion of animals in flight | Continue reading
Now scientists are trying to coax back lost seabird colonies | Continue reading
The new finds are shedding light on the Moche people, who lived on Peru's northern coast | Continue reading
Darcelle XV, the world’s oldest performing drag queen, died in March, but her spirit will live on | Continue reading
The volcano Shiveluch coated villages in dust and prompted flight warnings | Continue reading
College students can get free admission to the museum as part of a broader government-led mental health initiative | Continue reading
The supernova, known as Cassiopeia A, is located roughly 11,000 light-years from Earth and could offer insights into cosmic dust and star death | Continue reading
Researchers theorize a stream of stars 200,000 light-years long came from a black hole ejected from its galaxy | Continue reading
The fossil represents the earliest-known species of the flying mammal | Continue reading
A genetic condition called chimerism may have helped yellow crazy ants become a dominating invasive species, a new study suggests | Continue reading
Dwayne Johnson will co-produce the film—and reprise his role as the demigod Maui | Continue reading
Originating in Italy, "scattered hotels" turn alleyways into hallways and piazzas into living rooms | Continue reading
Unprecedented winter storms may provide temporary relief for the state's water problems | Continue reading
The agency's director-general traveled to the war-torn country to pledge additional support | Continue reading
Pang Pha likely learned to de-skin the yellow fruits while observing her human caretaker in her youth | Continue reading
New research links human remains in Williamsburg, Virginia, to the first permanent building of the First Baptist Church | Continue reading
Though the last documented thylacine died in 1936, a new study based on alleged sightings suggests the species lived for decades more | Continue reading
DNA analysis has revealed that a woman was among the 30 who died when the 'Vasa' sank on its maiden voyage | Continue reading
The hunt is an effort to control the animal's population and protect cattle outside the park | Continue reading
Hair strands from the Bronze Age reveal the first direct evidence of drug use in Europe | Continue reading
The high-tech observatory also observed two storm clouds on the planet, a polar cap, six moons and distant galaxies | Continue reading
Sales increased in 2022, but growth was concentrated largely at the high end of the market | Continue reading
Your trash is my treasure—and a sweet reminder of the past | Continue reading
Targeted even when unarmed, around 70 percent of the Black Union troops who fought in the 1864 battle died as a result of the clash | Continue reading
Agnieszka Pilat and her automated artists will be featured in the National Gallery of Victoria's Triennial | Continue reading
Scientists identified the curled-up creature as an Arctic ground squirrel that likely died while hibernating some 30,000 years ago | Continue reading
The collection of 12 items included a headless bronze statue dating to 225 C.E. | Continue reading
A veteran eclipse chaser explains how to get ready for one of the planet’s biggest celestial events | Continue reading
Colorado checkered whiptails on a U.S. Army base show increased stress levels and altered behavior after noisy jets and helicopters pass by, a study finds | Continue reading