In the late 1940s, paraplegics popularized the sport—and changed the game for the disability rights movement
In a new study, scientists explain how a seal native to the South Atlantic, but found in Indiana, likely swam to the middle of North America
Artist Sterling Ruby reflects on the recent installation of his sculpture <em>Double Candle</em> at the Hirshhorn
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the beleaguered safari industry is livestreaming game drives to draw attention to its cause
A century ago, a deadly disease sparked a novel concept: teaching in the great outdoors to keep kids safe
A case study for the nation, Minnesota has witnessed racial violence from its inception as a U.S. territory
For nearly half a century, the North Carolina native has created instruments out of found wood—including some from a notorious hanging tree
Blood has been considered a viable treatment for infectious disease for over a century, but it has rarely proven to be the best solution.
This month drop in on events about global climate justice, Picasso's 'Guernica,' bird brains, the Supreme Court, William Faulkner, orchids and more
Photographer Zach Coco has spent the past five years documenting more than 100 men and women's stories
Out-of-control clotting can endanger some patients even after the virus has gone. Researchers are trying to understand the problem and how to treat it.
A lethal incident of police brutality in Miami in 1979 offers just one of countless examples of the reality generations of African Americans have faced
A sports curator at the Smithsonian provides his thoughts on the past and future implications of the events of the week
A new digital platform allows students to explore campus and connect in Zoom rooms during the school's Covid-19 shutdown
A study of Kirtland’s warblers found that some continue exploring long distances even after they reach their breeding grounds
Two spacecrafts and a telescope are set to jumpstart a new age of solar astronomy
Anti-black racism has terrorized African Americans throughout the nation's history, regardless of where in the country they lived
In the Archives of American Art, a scholar pieces together the Cuban-born painter's complex artistic practice
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
Before many women could vote in the United States, they lobbied male legislators to change statutory rape laws and gained political skills in the process
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