An ice-diving course in Svalbard, Norway in only the tip of the Smithsonian science iceberg
A newly published scrapbook of Henri Cartier-Bresson's early photographs is changing some notions about how he worked
In this interview, Guy Gugliotta, author of "Digitizing the Hanging Court," talks about the Old Bailey's influence on Dickens, Defoe and other writers
In this interview, Steve Twomey, author of "Barbaro's Legacy," discusses how interest in the horse extends outside the racetrack
Contemporary artist Maggie Michael shakes up abstract painting by giving control a chance
Prolific sculptor Dale Chihuly plants his vitreous visions in a Florida garden
One wondered how an artist brings paint to life. The other showed him
Some 80 years after his death, Harry Houdini is back in the public spotlight. This photo essay sheds light on the escape artist's life
The Algonquian settlement crucial to the survival of Jamestown 400 years ago has been found. Finally
Duke Ellington, animated movies and the old ballgame
Virginia Morell, author of "The Zuni Way," on the mystical ceremonies of the Zuni pueblo
Momentous or Merely Memorable
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone can search all 52 million words
Though they embrace computers and TV, the secret of the tribe's unity lies in fealty to their past
Mythology, propaganda, Liz Taylor and the real Queen of the Nile
The chief of the FBI's organized crime unit on the history of La Cosa Nostra
His new book offers a scholar's and father's perspective on autism
Andrew Lawler, author of "Raising Alexandria" talks about the hidden history of Egypt's fabled seaside capital
Ape tools, flying dinosaurs and emperor penguins
The effort to save the fallen champion shows how far equine medicine has come in recent years. And how far it still has to go
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