The filmmaker talks about artifacts from his collection that are featured in the LACMA's new exhibition, <i>At Home with Monsters</i>
A new book places a much-needed modern-day lens on the kidnapping that captivated the nation
A Smithsonian scientist dives deep to a coral reef and finds much to discover
Across the world, communities are reviving old ways of saving or storing water—with promising results
The battle between the U.S. and the Confederacy affected global trade in astonishing ways
You’ve heard about the Stingray, but what about the Bionic Boxfish?
Travel back in time in this Viking village
How we loved this dog into a genetic bind
Journey to the Center of Earth
Missions to study the other planetary bodies in our solar system could help solve the mystery of how our own came to be.
Researchers have created bar codes so small they can be embedded in medications, creating a tool to combat the global problem of drug fraud
They are on Earth, but life on other planets could play by different rules
Grab your spoons—this delicious popup will melt in a month
The solenodon survived the impact that killed the dinosaurs, but after all that, we might be its downfall.
An evolutionary ecologist argues that cutting-edge genetic research that could lead to species extinction should be handled with care
Photo Contest Featured Photographer
Florencia Mazza Ramsay traveled to Barrow, the northernmost town in the United States, to document life and research on the front lines of climate change
For Smithsonian’s Lisa Kathleen Graddy and Jon Grinspan, it’s trying to guess what people of the future will want to know about 2016
A hammerhead shark locates a stingray hiding beneath the ocean floor. Unnerved, the stingray makes a dash for freedom—but is it too late?
Besides lending books, the local institutions are training young journalists, renting garden plots and more
The 19th-century visionary often found herself stuck between two cultures
Horace Greeley was the choice of the splinter grip named the Liberal Republican Party and that of the Democrats
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