The burials of infants with Down syndrome in Europe provide insight into how babies with genetic conditions were cared for in premodern times, according to a new study | Continue reading
The National Park Service recorded 325,498,646 recreation visits across 400 sites, which is close to pre-pandemic levels | Continue reading
Workers found fragments of a naval scene while renovating the mansion in the south of France | Continue reading
A new adaptation offers a fresh take on James Clavell's 1975 novel, which fictionalizes the stories of English sailor William Adams, shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and Japanese noblewoman Hosokawa Gracia | Continue reading
Scientists are using CRISPR technology to make pigs immune to a deadly virus—and they're hoping for FDA approval by early next year | Continue reading
Baleen whales have evolved unique voice boxes essential for song, a new study finds—but these low-frequency vocalizations must compete with the noise of humans' ships | Continue reading
A new anthology identifies frustration as a recurring theme in journals written between 1599 and 2015 | Continue reading
The distinctly decorated artifact may be linked to a powerful family in the area with ties to the Merovingians | Continue reading
Unlike most spiders, the hustle and bustle of urban areas doesn’t seem to disturb the non-native Jorōs, a new study finds | Continue reading
The previously unseen images of the band are going on display in a new exhibition, "Elegantly Wasted" | Continue reading
The Eurasian eagle-owl had been living free in New York City after vandals cut the wires on his zoo cage last year | Continue reading
More than 10,000 Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Granada Relocation Center, also known as Amache, during World War II | Continue reading
An analysis of forgotten museum artifacts reveals the oldest evidence of a complex adhesive in Europe | Continue reading
An anthropologist explains why we experience many objects, from tennis rackets to cars, as extensions of our bodies | Continue reading
The three-room shack in the town of Avalon, Mississippi, was once the singer and guitarist's home | Continue reading
After a tense touchdown process with last-minute changes, U.S.-based company Intuitive Machines received a signal from its uncrewed Odysseus lunar lander on Thursday evening | Continue reading
Historian David J. Gerleman discovered the link between the two presidents while reviewing historic documents at the National Archives | Continue reading
China plans to send a male and a female panda to the San Diego Zoo as early as this summer, and negotiations are underway for pandas' possible return to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. | Continue reading
A hunting monkey, 'kissing' scorpionfish and playful dolphins feature in just a few of the 130 striking photographs distinguished with honors in the competition | Continue reading
To mark the February heritage month, these images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest offer proof that African American history is timeless | Continue reading
The construction is faster, cleaner and more affordable, but experts acknowledge some trial and error is needed | Continue reading
Sixty-four American sailors died when a German torpedo hit the USS "Jacob Jones" on December 6, 1917 | Continue reading
Mary Cardwell Dawson created unprecedented opportunities for aspiring Black musicians | Continue reading
Archaeologists in Bulgaria unearthed the remains of three individuals interred with rare treasures dating to the third century | Continue reading
The report provides recommendations regarding the return of human remains in the Institution’s collections | Continue reading
Wildlife biologists counted the birds—likely lured by the region’s mild winter temperatures—during their first aerial survey of the season | Continue reading
Art U.K. is aiming to digitize and compile images of an ephemeral form of art | Continue reading
Participants who self-reported ADHD behaviors were better at an online berry-picking game than those who did not report such traits | Continue reading
Indigenous communities from Alaska to Greenland are harnessing information to make their own decisions | Continue reading
Two historians tell us why the pioneering 19th-century feminist, suffragist and abolitionist’s legacy has so frequently been misrepresented | Continue reading
A fourth draft of "Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope" sold at auction for over $13,000 | Continue reading
Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines are operating flights on April 8 that could give passengers unobstructed views of the rare celestial spectacle | Continue reading
"L'ami intime" could fetch $63 million at an upcoming sale celebrating 100 years of Surrealism | Continue reading
The iconic instrument heard in many of the Beatles' hits was stolen from the back of a van in 1972 | Continue reading
The quasar—a glowing, active core of a galaxy—has a black hole at its center that consumes more than a sun’s-worth of mass each day | Continue reading
In the coming decades, erratic periods of rain and drought could create new hot spots for the ravenous grasshoppers in west India and west central Asia, threatening crops and food security | Continue reading
Each dramatic episode over the past few years has led to fresh geologic revelations, and researchers think another bout is on the way | Continue reading
A committee of experts concluded that altering the Pyramid of Menkaure would compromise its historical value | Continue reading
Housed in a medieval mansion, the workshop once produced sweets for Clemente Guardia, a thriving Catalonian chocolatier | Continue reading
The reentry of the satellite, called ERS-2, is part of an intentional effort by the European Space Agency to reduce orbital debris | Continue reading
The mission, set to launch next month, comes as countries and fossil fuel companies pledge to reduce emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas | Continue reading
New research suggests the nearly 4,000-year-old cosmetic may be among the oldest discoveries of its kind | Continue reading
The animal was tagged in 2000, when it was estimated to be about one year old, and re-discovered alive in the wild last year | Continue reading
Denied burial alongside Union soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg, the 30 or so men were instead buried in the all-Black Lincoln Cemetery | Continue reading
New research reveals that two Bronze Age artifacts from the Treasure of Villena contain iron from a meteor that hit a million years ago | Continue reading
Though the round stingray, named Charlotte, shares her aquarium tank with two male sharks, experts say it is impossible for a shark to impregnate a ray | Continue reading
The wreck of the S.S. Arlington has finally been found—but it provides no answers about Captain Frederick Burke's final moments | Continue reading
Discovered in England, the egg is thought to be the only one of its kind—and analysis of its contents could shed new light on its origins | Continue reading