Mexico's elegant terns have begun nesting farther north in years when their traditional food is scarce
We all know the heart and life lines are two of the most important measures of palmistry. But can you tell which is which?
Smithsonian Journeys Travel Quarterly: Inca Road
For a new exhibition, a Smithsonian curator conducted oral histories with contemporary indigenous cultures to recover lost Inca traditions
Artist Melissa McGill creates a luminous public art project above a ruined castle on a mysterious piece of land in the Hudson River
As the New Horizons probe approaches Pluto, find out what wonders were uncovered by the first spacecraft to zip past other worlds
Students at Johns Hopkins University have created an at-home brain-stimulating device to ease Parkinson's symptoms
A lab experiment used a device called a frequency comb to send fiber optic data a record-breaking distance with no signal loss
The sounds, graphic art and the mestizo lifestyle that goes with the music is the latest revolt of the Peruvian masses
America is one of the most breathtaking geographical places on Earth. From monuments to mountains and canyons to coastlines, take a speedy aerial tour
Enter the sport of footgolf, which is exactly what it sounds like
Two Stanford graduates are the brains behind Joyable, a startup that pairs users with coaches to tackle social challenges
Summertime humidity—and our own memories—help create the conditions for how we perceive the sharp, fresh odor of a rain storm
"Diamond Nights" captures the surreal beauty of ancient trees after nightfall
Hikers Erika and Helmut Simon stumbled upon a frozen body deep in the Ötztal Alps, little did they know it belonged to one of the oldest preserved corpses
A group of London designers imagines Google Glass-like visors and buses that project outlines of their blind spots on the road
With magnificent hand carvings, artisans craft stories of celebration and tragedy into dried gourds—a tradition practiced for more than 4,000 years
The 240-million-year-old "grandfather turtle" may be part of the evolutionary bridge between lizards and shelled reptiles
Turtles, beavers and eel were once beloved staples of the continental diet. What happened?
A Portuguese photographer provides a window into, well...windows
A new project funded by a Knight Cities grant has local barbers and landscape contractors working to revitalize vacant spaces
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