One in four cowboys was black. So why aren’t they more present in popular culture?
A new study shows that a remote specialist can be just as effective at reporting a comatose patient's condition than a medical professional in the room
Looking to the one-percent to lead the country goes back to the era of World War I
Persistent mouth-stink has been dousing the flames of passion for millennia. Why haven’t we come up with a cure?
After a hornet queen lays hundreds of eggs, her workers set about feeding the larvae chewed-up prey. With tiny waists, the workers can't digest solid food
Three centuries of beauty and history are on display at the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
Keepers admire them, but have no illusions. Pandas are solitary creatures
A scientist at Smithsonian's Tropical Research Institute helped catalog everything known about toxins in the skins of endangered frogs and toads
The DragonflEye project equips the insects with solar-powered backpacks that control their flight
For at least a century, Valentine’s Day was used as an excuse to send mean, insulting cards
Amid today's dissent over proper Senate behavior, take a look back at when an assault in the Senate divided the nation
A new method could help scientists peer inside universe's densest star clusters to find undiscovered black holes
Rotgut and firewater are the founding fathers of our nation’s racing pastime
On February 7, 1943, the USS Wahoo sailed proudly into Pearl Harbor, a broom tied to her periscope. It was a wink to an old Naval tradition
South African food culture fosters connection, he says
Two food lovers set out to learn whether the Paris dining experience of their youth can still be found
Thirty years after Public Enemy's debut album, the group's sonic innovation and powerful activism resonate powerfully today
You probably never thought of the perennials as inventions, have you?
The glasses' liquid lenses change shape according to the distance of objects, making reading glasses and bifocals unnecessary
As the battle to save Iraq from ISIS continues, Smithsonian experts are helping local people preserve their history
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