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The wartime inconveniences of traveling by train prompted the promise for "the finest transportation the world has ever seen"
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The National Zoo's new baby panda is still pretty adorable, sources confirm
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Directors take note: scientist and author David Kirby commends the accuracy in these popular films
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A new study indicates that having a winning sports team may make us more likely to reelect an incumbent politician
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Everyone knows that Godzilla is a radioactive dinosaur, but just what sort of dinosaur is the famous monster?
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A mutation in one gene produces tabby cats with blotches and cheetahs with stripes
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Augustus Heinze dominated the copper fields of Montana, but his family's scheming on Wall Street set off the Panic of 1907
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Get out and view a wild polar bear and visit Tuvalu and other low-lying islands while you have a chance
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Scientists reveal that surges of a chemical in an unexpected area of the brain might make us crave sweets
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Adult T. rex had the most powerful bite of any creature to walk the earth, but they had to grow into that destructive power
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Thanks to GPS, sensors, artificial intelligence and even algorithms based on the behavior of E. coli, it's possible to imagine the end of commuting madness
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This weekend, join in a ceremony to welcome two new monumental works, celebrate the Muppets creator and learn about the world of Islamic mysticism
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Although it was on the air for only one season, The Jetsons remains our most popular point of reference when discussing the future.
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Illustrator Francis Golden could barely remember the project that became an iconic school supply
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Battlefields come to life using the stereoview technology developed on the eve of the Civil War
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Gibraltar hosted some of the last-surviving Neanderthals and was home to one of the first Neanderthal fossil discoveries
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The history of Thecodontosaurus, the fourth dinosaur ever named, is a tangled tale of paleontologist politics
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From asteroids to cloning, author and scientist David Kirby weighs in
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On September 19, experts from around the world, including the Smithsonian, will be waiting for your questions
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Stunning plumage, strange eating habits and extreme rareness characterize these enigmatic birds
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