Most giant cetaceans only got giant in the past 4.5 million years, suggesting they could have room to grow
The skull of a juvenile <i>Diplodocus</i> is one of the youngest of these dinosaurs ever found
Rudimentary wing discs in ant larvae, which only grow to wings in queens, appear to influence growth into a soldier or worker
After an ill-fated journey hauling boulders sank it, the Lake Serpent is at last ready to tell its story
A new Smithsonian show, seven years in the making, takes a deep dive into the life of a self-taught artist and former slave
The flexible wearable could be an alternative to current invasive methods of measuring central blood pressure within the human body
The <i>Dynamoterror</i>, a relative of <i>Tyrannosaurs rex</i>, lived millions of years before other known species of tyrannosaur
Far from consequential, the battle over where the papers of the Republic of Texas should reside reminds us of the politics of historical memory
Material pulled from ceramic sherds reveals the favored foodstuffs in the 8,000-year-old city of Çatalhöyük in Turkey
Award-winning filmmakers, Smithsonian folklorist Marjorie Hunt and Paul Wagner, explore impact of craft in <em>Good Work</em>, airing now on PBS
Visitors might be inconvenienced, but the much-loved Washington, D.C. museum is undergoing a massive revitalization
In an unpublished excerpt from her new book <i>The Poison Squad</i>, Deborah Blum chronicles the public health campaign against tainted dairy products
The Big Four Mapping Project's conservation tool helps prevent snakebites and the killing of common venomous species
1,000 singers from around the city will descend on the popular park to showcase the stories of New Yorkers
Nearly 400 years after the alleged “sale of Manhattan,” some Lenape strive to reawaken their cultural heritage on the islands where their ancestors thrived
The board game <i>hnefatafl</i>, commonly called Viking chess, pits an attacking player against another trying to defend the king
The racist sculpture's end comes at a “tipping point for the politics of Native American memory,” says the director of the American Indian Museum
Scientists say it could help pinpoint the best time to take medicine, and also predict disease risk
In a just-released Smithsonian Book, author Samme Chittum assesses the Concorde’s demise with the keen eye of a crime reporter
The 450,000-year-old teeth, discovered on the Italian Peninsula, are helping anthropologists piece together the hominid family tree
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