Bill Gates is backing MicroCHIPS, a Massachusetts-based startup developing an implantable chip that releases birth control hormones on demand
Throughout most of American history, what someone wore indicated their political affiliations as loudly as a Prius or a Hummer might today
At the American History Museum, an installation reimagines the life story of a Latina artist and writer
The British have long celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on November 5, but now the October 31 holiday is a lot more appealing.
Here is a list of famous writers, including J.K. Rowling, who couldn’t resist reconnecting with their creations.
Got nausea, headaches or heart trouble? You can thank medieval witches’ potions for helping to cure what ails you
Costume designer Mariah Hale explains how to wrap the perfect last-minute toga
Washington Irving fled New York because of a yellow fever epidemic. Twenty-two years later, his classic story spoke to the chaos of his youth
From flying frogs to deep-sea squid, meet some of the other nosferatu of the animal kingdom
How do you bring an idea to life? The inventors of new technologies will share their stories at a two-day event at the National Air and Space Museum
In the United States, Halloween is mostly about candy, but elsewhere in the world celebrations honoring the departed have a spiritual meaning
We know where the bodies are buried ... take a virtual tour of world cemeteries that host famous artists and rogues
The unique species, discovered near the Statue of Liberty, is the first amphibian found in the region in 150 years
Icons of their time, these celebrities didn’t stray far from their public personae when it came to their final resting places
Smithsonian photographer Laurie Penland details the exhausting, but rewarding, work of scraping invasive species off the hull of a boat
Linda Hazzard killed as many as a dozen people in the early 20th century, and they paid willingly for it
Buildup of salts on irrigated land has already degraded an area the size of France and is causing $27.3 billion annually in lost crops
Using temperature, vibration and pressure, this needle can trick a patient into feeling no pain
Whether actual or virtual, D.C. or NYC, there's plenty of scary stuff to go around at the Institution
From kraken to mermaids, some monsters are real—if you know how to look for them
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