A profound symbol of the horrific conditions aboard a slave ship is the ballast used as a counterweight for human cargo
More recently than you might think, say scientists who scoured the fossil record
Sergeant Nadia Tyler, a security guard at Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, is collecting Pokémon creatures daily
Turns out <i>T. rex</i> doesn’t have a copyright on those adorably awkward, itty-bitty arms
Manufacturers have made it increasingly difficult for individuals or independent repair people to fix electronics. A growing movement is fighting back
Programs being set up in the American West are taking a radical new approach: paying landowners to preserve animal habitat.
A Harvard-Smithsonian astrophysicist thinks a legal crisis is waiting for us on the surface of the moon.
A new interdisciplinary project results in a moving sculpture, an animated piece, a song that evolves and more
Six years after Deepwater Horizon spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico, we still have no idea what we're doing
Besides teaching us about disease and human development, they molded modern attitudes of the fetus as distinct entity from the mother
In a new book, pop culture writer Jennifer Keishin Armstrong analyzes how the show about nothing changed everything
Skip the museum and head to one of these large-scale installations instead
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
The 1924 Convention was the first to feature female delegates, and they made their presence known
The basketball legend has always had a writer's touch
In the solitary hunt for bones, furry companions provide company, act as field assistants and sometimes even make the ultimate sacrifice
More than 60 years ago, a broken soda fountain led to this cool invention
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Alaska
Reaching off-the-grid homesteads and cabins, the Hurricane Turn train stops for anyone who flags it down
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Alaska
Inspiration comes not only from nature but also from the instinct to use what’s close at hand
Starfish challenge a key ecological concept, ushering in a slightly-more democratic era for tide pools everywhere
An entire colony of English settlers disappeared from Roanoke Island, just outside North Carolina's Outer Banks
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