Powell’s foresight might have prevented the 1930s dust bowl and perhaps, today’s water scarcities
With heavy fog and windy conditions, sailing into San Francisco Bay has long been a hazardous affair. Then, in 1870, things got a lot safer
Singer and linguistic activist Alidé Sans hails from an isolated Catalan valley where a rare dialect is spoken
On Coolidge’s would-be 146th birthday, celebrate with some little-known facts about our 30th President
From diet to evolution, prehistoric chompers tell archaeologists a surprising amount about our ancestors
Judging from the GoFly competition, they're much more likely to resemble flying motorbikes
By bussing black kids from Hartford to the shore, Ned Coll took a stand against the bigotry of “armchair liberals”
Mildred Wirt Benson helped invent the fictional teen sleuth who became a generational role model
It's August 26, 1968, and the Democratic National Convention is about to kick off in Chicago. In the background, scenes of turbulence and unrest
In the town plaza of Nou Barris, a festival feast mixes together the spices and flavorings of the world’s cuisines
A team of Colombian students has created a wool-like material from coconut fibers, hemp and mushroom enzymes
The gooey snack became popular thanks to technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, which brought cheap sweets to the masses
Celebrate the league's 75 year anniversary at a historic stadium
Landing on an aircraft carrier's 300-feet runway seems like an impossible task
But if free-swinging sperm sacs are the norm, then why did undescended ones evolve four separate times?
No one quite has this sex thing figured out, but these non-binary animals have some good ideas
In anticipation of a potential new cub, here’s a refresher on Mei Xiang and Tian Tian’s storied past
Painstaking imaging of cultural heritage sites worldwide has the potential to usher in a new era of participatory preservation efforts
A new Smithsonian exhibition examines the global context that bolstered the colonists’ fight for independence
The Sea Wiz is the affectionate nickname given to a 20mm Vulcan Cannon on board the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier. It fires 4,500 rounds a minute
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