Smithsonian Best Small Towns 2015
From sea to shining sea, our top picks for the most amazing American small towns to see this year
With funding from the Defense Department, scientists have begun work on devices that would use electric pulses to realign a memory process gone awry
Artist Christopher Marley's meticulous arrangements capture the incredible variety within families, genera and species
When the U.S. responded to Pearl Harbor with a surprise bombing of Tokyo, the Imperial Army took out its fury on the Chinese people
Swallowing a sulfur-rich protoplanet could help explain two lingering mysteries in the story of Earth's formation
By monitoring how long we hold down keystrokes, it may be possible to detect neurological diseases years before other symptoms appear
Twenty-eight museums around the world vie for the ultimate honor
John Wilkes Booth certainly saw himself as a dramatic figure in history. Upon shooting Lincoln, he jumped onto the stage and condemned his victim in Latin
A rare trip inside the home of the world’s most breathtaking cave painting leaves lasting memories
From the Magna Carta to Winnie the Pooh, what you can see at some of the world's great libraries
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Banished to an island prison in the Gulf of Mexico, the doctor who set Booth’s broken leg saved dozens of lives in a yellow fever outbreak
John Wilkes Booth knew he had to act quickly to save the South. But his original plan wasn't to kill Lincoln—it was to kidnap him
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
What war—and surrender—looked like on the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War
An archive collected from the sports company reveals that the bra gave a boost to women's athletics
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Lincoln collection at the American History Museum marks the horrific tragedy and the poignancies of a nation in mourning
Plus, a high-tech update to the tried-and-true jump rope
Sophisticated GPS sensors in the average mobile device could be harnessed for seismic early warning systems around the world
With the recent deliberate destruction of cultural treasures in the Middle East, we remember the measures taken in the past to preserve our heritage
The landmark announcement is part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office's celebration of the 225th anniversary of the Patent Act
Production Designer Deborah Riley discusses the influences behind the intricate and imposing sets of the hit HBO show
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