A new volume from the National Museum of the African American History and Culture explores religion in the Black community | Continue reading
Known as sargassum, the algae can hurt tourism as it piles up on beaches and starts to rot | Continue reading
Take a journey back to your elementary school cafeteria with a visit to the Georgia outpost | Continue reading
Lorenzo Ruijter, a Dutch treasure hunter, discovered the cache with his metal detector | Continue reading
Examining the evidence offers a way to look back at now damaged environments | Continue reading
Until now, the bacteria from a lone star tick had not been reported to cause tickborne relapsing fever | Continue reading
The company's new ad campaign, "Masterpiece," brings iconic artworks to life | Continue reading
The director is shooting his adaptation of the Sondheim musical over 20 years | Continue reading
The mountain is named for John Evans, who oversaw the Sand Creek Massacre in 1864 | Continue reading
The flakes accidentally produced by long-tailed macaques resemble those thought to have been made by early humans | Continue reading
Joseph Dituri aims to set a world record, conduct research and inspire students to conserve the oceans | Continue reading
A new exhibition examines the generative relationship between work and creativity | Continue reading
After a years-long authentication process, “La Source du Lison” goes on display in Philadelphia | Continue reading
Over 12 years, scientists charted more than 3,000 neurons and the nearly 550,000 connections between them in a larval fruit fly | Continue reading
During World War II, the rest of the movement's core members were executed for distributing leaflets critical of the Nazi regime | Continue reading
A fifth of conifer forests in the state’s Sierra Nevada mountains are stranded in unsuitably warm conditions | Continue reading
If you were to travel back in time you’d find a mix of the familiar and strange on our planet | Continue reading
A new superconductor could revolutionize energy, but doubts surround the researchers, who published a similar paper in 2020 that was later retracted | Continue reading
A ceremony at Princeton celebrated the Nobel laureate whose words transformed American literature | Continue reading
Caused by an overgrowth of algae, the blooms can be harmful to humans, pets and marine wildlife | Continue reading
The civic-minded architect is respectful of the past as he pushes his field forward | Continue reading
Uncovering the varied strategies that animals employ could help engineers develop robots that accomplish similar tasks | Continue reading
A Dutch museum selected winning works by five artists—and one A.I. image generator | Continue reading
The bacteria are highly effective against a common plant pest and a pathogen that infects humans | Continue reading
The technology, which was tested with four people, is still in its infancy but could one day help people communicate or decode dreams, researchers say | Continue reading
Experts have been unable to verify the existence of Mr. Electrico, whose 1932 electric chair act supposedly affirmed the young author's interest in writing | Continue reading
Researchers suspect the Roman-era limestone figure may depict the emperor Claudius | Continue reading
New findings might suggest the insects have a capacity for culture, researchers say | Continue reading
The studio made its first foray into live performance with the purchase of the Cherry Lane Theater | Continue reading
A new study is a first step toward understanding how radiation exposure might affect DNA | Continue reading
A new stage adaptation aims to capture the heart of the beloved baking show | Continue reading
The United Nations agreement will help conserve 30 percent of the planet’s oceans by 2030 | Continue reading
For historical accuracy, the 33-year-old Brit wears only the cotton dresses, yak wool coats and hobnail boots that her predecessors would have had | Continue reading
Researchers are starting to understand the biological rhythms that sync worms and corals to phases of the moon | Continue reading
A clever new study shows the cute critters will often scuttle toward a video of a rising ball | Continue reading
Researchers looked at the genomes of several hundred people who lived before, during and after the last ice age | Continue reading
Over ten years, Sarah Merker has tried—and ranked—scones at National Trust sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland | Continue reading
From ships and submarines, citizen scientists can access remote areas ripe for new discoveries. But does the research make up for the climate impact? | Continue reading
New research indicates that humans were riding horses as early as 5,000 years ago | Continue reading
Like humans, toothed whales have three vocal registers: chest, falsetto and vocal fry | Continue reading
Along with celebrations, the centennial offers a chance to consider the effects the rail system has had on the state and its people | Continue reading
Smithsonian podcasts explore the legacy of Executive Order 9066 and the camera that almost didn’t make it to the Juno spacecraft launch | Continue reading
A new book highlights 100 artistic curiosities, from the nude "Mona Lisa" to portraits of a dog-headed saint | Continue reading
A new book about the first lady reveals how she and the ailing President Woodrow Wilson silenced their critics | Continue reading
After becoming New York City's first teacher in a wheelchair, Heumann spent decades advocating for Americans with disabilities | Continue reading
After returning from space, the life-saving drug epinephrine had partially changed into poisonous benzoic acid | Continue reading
Found in 2020, the animal was originally declared to be a cave bear from the Ice Age | Continue reading
The contestants are tasked with recreating six of the old master's lost works | Continue reading