From the alleged birthplace of Paul Bunyan to the original gateway to Yellowstone, these towns are buzzing with activity | Continue reading
While skeptics continue to question the authorship of his plays, a new exhibition raises doubts about the authenticity of his portraits | Continue reading
Never-before-published photographs offer an intimate look at the iconic artist | Continue reading
An NIH study found that food allergies reduced risk of infection by 50 percent | Continue reading
Projections on the Neolithic stones have proven controversial before | Continue reading
Though the solar system’s two outermost planets are very similar, their color is a puzzling difference | Continue reading
The ex-street artist turned art-world sensation receives a warm reception and an award from the Hirshhorn | Continue reading
LiDAR helped researchers find sites once inhabited by those who lived outside Rome’s rule of Britain | Continue reading
The parasite’s complex biology played a role in the delay, but experts say there was also a lack of urgency and funding | Continue reading
Researchers say the pre-Hispanic metropolis they call Xiol was once home to some 4,000 people | Continue reading
The research is part of a growing trend of using crowdsourced videos to learn about elusive or hard-to-study animals | Continue reading
Scientists analyzed zinc isotopes in fossilized teeth and found both sharks may have competed for the same food | Continue reading
According to the study, children who played team sports had fewer mental health difficulties than those who didn’t play sports | Continue reading
Sacred objects can tempt would-be burglars | Continue reading
The 2,500-year-old coffins are the latest in the site’s seemingly endless parade of ancient treasures | Continue reading
Not everyone is on board. The technology is dividing the fishing community and drawing the ire of some politicians and scientists | Continue reading
William A. Mitchell invented Cool Whip, Pop Rocks, Tang and other 20th-century treats | Continue reading
It’s the latest in a long string of attempts to vandalize the world’s most famous painting | Continue reading
Environmental scientists used unorthodox methods for calculating Alerce Milenario’s age | Continue reading
A novel about borders garnered Geetanjali Shree the prestigious award | Continue reading
The animal’s insatiable appetites, bold behaviors and adaptability make them harmful to new environments | Continue reading
Those once terrorized by the Klan will decide on the center's events and programming | Continue reading
Discoveries in Asia and Africa are rewriting the backstory of dinosaurs like Stegosaurus | Continue reading
New understandings of how disease spread informed Imogene Rechtin's ill-fated 1910 campaign to ban a universal human practice | Continue reading
The skull fragment will be turned over to Upper Sioux Community tribal officials | Continue reading
Artificial migrations to colder environments altered the small bird's metabolism and ability to fly | Continue reading
The adult man’s genome is the first to be fully sequenced from remains found in the ancient city | Continue reading
The rare, blue-and-gold vessel was crafted in 18th-century China | Continue reading
The new survey could be useful for everything from microbiology to thermal energy | Continue reading
Through its annual bake-off, the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas, provides a fun way for the public to engage with its collections | Continue reading
2022 will likely be the seventh consecutive year of above-average hurricane activity | Continue reading
Dozens of important cultural, social, and ecological places are already at risk from climate hazards. | Continue reading
Dozens of important cultural, social, and ecological places are already at risk from climate hazards. | Continue reading
Seating was segregated, and the ceremony's only Black speaker was forced to drastically revise his speech to avoid spreading "propaganda" | Continue reading
First discovered in 2011, the rare species reappeared recently after nearly a decade of eluding scientists' watch | Continue reading
Scientists say the flashy tech could help them study the sun’s polar regions | Continue reading
Proposed by a government panel, the suggested title changes honor several women and people of color | Continue reading
The Science Museum in London explores the past and future of the disease, and the resilience of its survivors | Continue reading
Though only ten of her works have been identified, the painter's influence endures | Continue reading
The Red Planet probe will likely stop operating sometime later this year | Continue reading
Millennia of grime, soot and bird poop had covered up—and preserved—the archaeological treasure | Continue reading
Smithsonian geographer Doug Herman explains the traditional science of traversing the ocean seas | Continue reading
The Smithsonian’s Chris Browne flew the much-feared F-14, and as a former TOPGUN student, knows well the power of a Navy-trained fighter pilot | Continue reading
Up to 7,000 years old, the mummified remains are treasured by local residents | Continue reading
Co-created with Indigenous partners, the new permanent installation reckons with past harm | Continue reading
Contrary to contemporary claims, Susan B. Anthony and her peers rarely discussed abortion, which only emerged as a key political issue in the 1960s | Continue reading
The ancient fossils with wingspans the size of school buses are estimated to be 86 million years old | Continue reading
Kavachi, a submarine volcano in the southwest Pacific Ocean, is home to several species of sharks and fish that can withstand the extreme environment | Continue reading