Neuroscientists identified the molecule that persists in the brain—and showed how to disarm it in mice
The L.A. institution finally opens, inviting visitors to learn about film history—even the not so glittery bits—and to contemplate the industry's future
Women's rights activist Mary Ware Dennett was arrested in 1929 for mailing a booklet deemed "obscene, lewd or lascivious"
For historians, the textiles are much more than just decorative covers for a bed
A successful Secretary must acknowledge the Institution’s failures as well as successes—and celebrate its capacity for change
A photographer takes the plunge into forbidding waters off Norway for an extraordinary encounter with orcas
This "Champion of the Fleet," a signature Smithsonian artifact, flew 39 space missions and traveled 150 million miles
On campuses across the country, professors are putting historically based games into the classroom
Author Ian Fleming named his 007 after an influential ornithologist
Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry used an army of volunteers in what would eventually become the nation's weather forecasting operation
For humpback whales, bottlenose dolphins and coastal manatees, tourism is a mixed bag, making vigilance ever more important
The ancient Japanese art of brewing a fragrant alcoholic drink from rice is being reinterpreted by Atsuo Sakurai in an unlikely setting
The team behind the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City incorporated the traditions and spiritual beliefs of 39 tribal nations into its design
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Scientists are working to understand the strange inter-cetacean conflict
New technical analysis dates Yale's Vinland Map to the 1920s or later, not the 1440s as previously suggested
On October 9, the work will be performed in Bonn, Germany, and a recording will be released
The Tuxtla Statuette illuminates an endangered Latin American culture
After they prep bite sites to lap the blood out of live cows, females invite their roostmates to join them
The physicist thinks we might have glimpsed evidence of an alien civilization. Despite controversy, he’s determined to find more
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