The now extinct Caribbean monk seal shares an evolutionary connection with the endangered Hawaiian monk seal--one more reason to save the species
Ground movements linked to water extraction may change stresses on the fault famously responsible for California earthquakes
Nestled in between the Bronx and Manhattan, North Brother Island once housed Typhoid Mary, but now is an astonishing look at a world without humans
An exhibit at the British Library focuses on the aesthetic appeal of 400 years of scientific data
Take a step back in time to see the building of some of D.C.'s most famous icons
The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business
Take in views of our nation's capital from the Washington Monument, more than 500 feet about the National Mall
A sampling of motherly missives to the president
A new study shows that if more species of bees are available to pollinate blueberry flowers, blueberries get fatter
Modern luggage has been constantly reinvented during its short 120-year history
Among them: she usually underestimates the height of her youngest child and her diet when she conceives could change her offspring's DNA.
The largest U.S. display in 20 years of Whistler artworks highlights the artist's career in England
Smithsonian Gardens announces a new digital archive to collect the stories, photographs, legend and lore of America's gardens and gardeners
A new computer simulation, called Illustris, can take you on an epic journey through space and time
The National Zoo is home to babies of all species this Spring. You can just smell the cuteness in the air
Crops such as rice and wheat have lower concentrations of some nutrients when they’re grown under an atmosphere with higher levels of the greenhouse gas
A startup is seeking approval to sell alcohol in tiny inconspicuous packets. But the science is decades old
For Elisabeth Daynès, sculpting ancient humans and their ancestors is both an art and a science
Researchers interested in the evolution of animal genitalia tend to focus on the male side of that equation, often unjustifiably ignoring the female
For 50 years, doctors-in-training learned anatomy from cadavers dug up by a former slave
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