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The paper plate was invented in 1904, and Americans now throw away an estimated trillion disposable plates and utensils per year
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The famous inventor envisioned a future of inexpensive, prefabricated concrete homes
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Scientists using the Keck telescope in Hawaii have found what may be a protoplanet, the youngest planet ever found
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For 30 years the Zoo has helped breed hundreds of ferrets, but one of the most recent additions is in need of a name
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Don't just download music. Download sculpture. Or a bicycle. That's the promise of 3D printing
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This weekend, come to a party with wearable crafts, experience the pairing of poetry and art, and participate in a drumming workshop
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The discovery of a strange, crocodile-snouted dinosaur in England was the key to reconstructing one of the strangest groups of predatory dinosaurs ever
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Are farmed salmon the source of a viral infection off the coast of British Columbia?
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While Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire were fighting World War I, two Afghans opened up a second front in an Australian outback town 12,000 miles away
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After a brutal postseason, can London finally beat New York City?
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The craft artist has found a clever way to recycle rubber; see her work at this weekend's Craft2Wear show and Smithsonian benefit sale
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Science is not a list of facts but a method of asking questions, testing possible answers and asking yet more questions
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One tourist says Turkey may be the friendliest nation she's experienced. Another was called a "witchy woman." What's your experience?
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Bentley, a terrier from California, nabs the title—with a little help from his owner
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With the World Series set to start, see some of the all-time baseball greats in the Institution's collections
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Blanket-like "sarapes" from northern Mexico are among the world's most intriguing textiles, as shown by a recent gallery exhibition
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Just in time for the 150th anniversary year of Archaeopteryx, paleontologists announce an 11th specimen of the dinosaur-like bird
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New research finds that the giant panda may get some bacterial help to digest its bamboo diet
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The discovery of a 100,000-year-old art studio in Africa hints at when modern human behavior emerged
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The star campaigns for two new movies, one of which might win him an Oscar
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