Intricate designs painted by biscuit artist Ella Hawkins are part of a lengthy baking tradition | Continue reading
Artists like Turner and Monet painted the smog they saw in London and Paris, a new study says | Continue reading
A father and daughter both contracted avian influenza, the first cases in the country since 2014 | Continue reading
Thirty years ago, researchers thought that the 2,000-year-old object was a darning tool | Continue reading
Critics say the show helps bolster the regime's reputation—and obscure its human rights violations | Continue reading
The now-extinct birds, which lived roughly three million years ago, likely used their hooked bills to feast on seal carcasses | Continue reading
The animals root through crops, prey on native species, cause soil erosion and carry pathogens that can spread to humans | Continue reading
The Hirshhorn Museum displays dynamic works of Chinese self-expression | Continue reading
The Nenana Ice Classic, started in 1917, is a high-stakes guessing game over the date, hour and minute of the ice breakup on the Tanana River | Continue reading
Using projections and voiceovers, "Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away)" examines the renowned artist's career | Continue reading
For the first time, hundreds of photos, lantern slides and glass plate negatives are available to the public | Continue reading
Researchers pinpointed the group of roughly 500 birds in West Antarctica | Continue reading
Ynys Enlli joins just 16 other sites of its kind across the world | Continue reading
A24 is selling props and costumes from the Oscar-nominated film at an upcoming charity auction | Continue reading
The six “universe breakers” appear much larger than what scientists thought was possible at that time | Continue reading
Following a six-year renovation, the revamped exhibition will open March 13 with three indoor aviaries | Continue reading
Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy publicly apologized after restaurants refused to serve Black representatives of newly independent nations | Continue reading
New archaeological research suggests Homo sapiens used bows and arrows 54,000 years ago in present-day France | Continue reading
Until the items can be returned, the National Museum of Asian Art will keep them safe | Continue reading
Students, scientists and hobbyists are beginning to worry for their research as balloons are increasingly shot down | Continue reading
For just one night, two travelers will spend the night in the Palais Garnier’s Box of Honor | Continue reading
Descendants of art dealer Ambroise Vollard won a legal battle over works by Renoir, Cézanne and Gauguin | Continue reading
Ehrman Crest Elementary and Middle School is an innovative blend of children’s museum and classroom | Continue reading
The gigantic waves have been decimating coastlines since time immemorial. We ignore these prehistoric warnings at our own peril. | Continue reading
Now back in Phnom Penh, the 77 items may have been worn by Angkorian royalty | Continue reading
With "absolutely astonishing" amounts of fecal bacteria on city sidewalks, an expert recommends removing shoes before entering homes | Continue reading
The housing complex is the first discovery of its kind in the ruined Maya city | Continue reading
A high-pressure anticyclone is driving the situation, making it difficult to get around the carless city | Continue reading
Researchers discovered a punctured skull below the floor of a home in what is now Israel | Continue reading
In anticipation of future demand, several projects are underway in the region to produce this clean energy source | Continue reading
The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative and its partners are aiding in the fight to protect the country's history and to document attempts to erase it | Continue reading
He is at least the third person cured in this way, which would likely be too risky for patients who don’t also have cancer | Continue reading
Decades before paleontology’s formal establishment, Black and Native Americans discovered—and correctly identified—millennia-old fossils | Continue reading
The restored bike, which a collector discovered in a Wisconsin barn, still has many of its original parts | Continue reading
A start-up created the plants to help combat the climate crisis, but they have so far only been tested in a lab setting | Continue reading
Collectors are now interested in buying the pieces of "Balloon Dog (Blue)" | Continue reading
The species faces several threats, but the 16-year-old mammal is “really good news for conservation” | Continue reading
The government hopes to boost tourism in the wake of the pandemic and civil unrest | Continue reading
The technique could help prevent infections in the millions of pounds of farmed catfish raised for human consumption | Continue reading
From ancient Greece to Shrove Tuesday celebrations, the sweet or savory flat cakes have long been a culinary staple | Continue reading
Mercury contamination in their Amazonian wintering grounds may play a role | Continue reading
For more than a century, New Orleans' Black residents have donned Native-inspired attire to celebrate Carnival | Continue reading
The Fat Tuesday tradition centered around eating fried, filled Polish pastries is celebrated across the Midwest, but especially in Chicago | Continue reading
A new book tells the definitive history of an Alabama community founded by survivors of the slave trade | Continue reading
Authorities, protesters and businesses came to an agreement to ensure the site's safety | Continue reading
Health department officials will establish a clinic for residents experiencing symptoms | Continue reading
The school educated free and enslaved Black children between 1760 and 1774 | Continue reading
The Codex Sassoon could break auction records, becoming the most valuable historical document ever sold | Continue reading