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Lily Dale is home to about 40 mediums who connect thousands of spiritual seekers with their deceased loved ones
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To mark the 250th anniversary of America’s founding on July 4, 1776, Smithsonian magazine is highlighting the people, places and events that shaped the United States’ fight for independence from Great Britain
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Smithsonian magazine covers history, science and culture in the way only it can — through a lens on the world that is insightful and grounded in richly reported stories. In There’s More to That, meet the magazine’s journalists and hear how they discover the forces behind the biggest issues of our time.
In the conclusion of a long-awaited turn of events, the Great Plains tribe has now reclaimed cherished items stolen from their ancestors by the U.S. Army
Recent studies have examined the relationship between the drug and psychoses and looked at how the brain responds to the substance
Hundreds of humanoids from 16 countries stumbled over each other while competing in the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing
The Egyptian government is making changes to enhance the visitor experience around the pyramids, but are these modifications threatening the livelihoods of local communities rooted in generations-old tourism practices?
A man of the people, the artist put his money where his mouth was by visiting prisons around the country and performing the song
In Louisiana, heat and hurricanes can feel like a generational curse. After two decades, an editor who grew up in the state remembers and reflects on Katrina
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