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As these luminaries will attest, there's a lot more to Julia than Beef Bourguignon
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New research shows modern humans bred with Neanderthals 47,000 to 65,000 years ago as our ancestors left Africa
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A new way of treating wastewater uses bacteria to produce electricity, potentially solving a pair of environmental problems
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Child's kitchen is back at the American History Museum in time for what would have been her 100th birthday
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From pen-and-ink sketches to digital renderings, generations of Sherlock Holmes fans have undertaken drafting the detective's famous London flat
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Around the world, these animals command a strange sort of fascination in their human admirers—an urge to see, learn and encounter, but also to kill
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As this gaming literature from the 19th century shows, games were nothing to play around with
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You've heard of mood lighting, try no lighting with the latest trend
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Of the hundreds of exoplanets discovered by scientists, we list of some of the most interesting
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Recently-discovered fossils fill out the arms of one of Australia's formidable predatory dinosaurs
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We still have to wait a bit for Google Goggles, but augmented reality is moving mainstream, even bringing museum dinosaurs to life
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In a study, the chemical inhibited muscle activity in individual human heart cells, mice and minnows
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With the '80s and '90s status-symbol clothing a bargain on eBay, the Brooklyn artist buys, disassembles and reconstructs them to make abstract "paintings"
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The American History Museum has a full day of screenings, book signings and special events for the famous chef's birthday
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Two million years ago hominids evolved more specialized diets with early Homo preferring meat and Paranthropus choosing plants
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The latest look into the impact of New York's water supply on its bagels yields a new potential factor: pride
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This week at the Smithsonian, learn about emerging green jobs, celebrate Julia Child's birthday and unwind with a tribute to Thelonious Monk
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"She killed her sister, butchered her elder brothers, murdered the ruler, poisoned her mother," the chronicles say. But is the empress unfairly maligned?
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The Meshworm uses artificial muscles and peristalsis to creep quietly along the ground
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The Smithsonian Institution celebrates 166 years since it was signed into existence by President James K. Polk
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