The newly acquired instrument, played by the father of bebop, is on view at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Replicating human milk is no easy feat—nor is separating the science from the hype
Though evolutionary mergers between cells, some algae have developed the ability to convert a wider spectrum of light energy into sugars
A tragedy at home led one intrepid historian to find and catalog precious correspondence for future generations to study
Bandleader Glenn Miller, who was lost at sea 75 years ago, played and replayed the song before troops serving in World War II
In 1897, the California native went to the frozen North looking for gold. What he found instead was the great American novel
Before Texas fought for its independence, thousands of settlers from the east entered the country unlawfully in search of land and agricultural opportunity
The pill passes through the stomach into the small intestine, where it opens to painlessly inject drugs into the bloodstream
Alex Llamas, Gustavo Brambila and Amelia Ceja arrived as migrant workers and today thrive as entrepreneurs in the California wine industry
Fifty years after Native American activists occupied the island, take a look back at the old prison in San Francisco Bay
How a covert U.S. Army intelligence unit canvassed war-torn Europe, capturing intelligence with incalculable strategic value
A tiny suburban eatery is breaking all the rules to create some of the freshest-tasting grub on the horizon
Prime editing offers a new way to make changes to DNA while avoiding some of the drawbacks and clunkiness of traditional CRISPR
Used for gripping limbs, a “pseudo-thumb” makes the hands of these bizarre primates even creepier
In her new book 'The Art of Looking Up,' Catherine McCormack captures stunning ceilings around the globe
The giant panda recently turned four years old and will soon move to China to breed
Hitting the High Notes: A Smithsonian Year of Music
Thomas Wiggins, an African-American musician marketed as ‘Blind Tom’, had a lucrative career—but saw none of the profits himself
Sealed and hidden within the sculpture were sacred texts and symbolic objects
Only about 1,000 of 3,000 individual reefs have been documented, but the Great Reef Census hopes to fill in the gaps
First spotted a decade ago, this elusive bird hangs out in the canopy of Borneo’s lowland forests
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