A new book spotlights Frances Perkins' efforts to challenge the United States' restrictive immigration policies as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary of labor
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Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives' digital catalog more accessible
A lawsuit to protect the snail darter from the Tellico Dam in Tennessee offered the first real test of the 1973 Endangered Species Act. But a new study disputes the fish's status as a distinct species
New institutions dedicated to artificial intelligence, West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year
Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress
The climate-altering eruption came from the Zavaritskii volcano on an uninhabited island in the Pacific that once hosted a Soviet submarine base, according to a new study
The Harlem Renaissance author spent her last years writing about the ancient king. Six decades after her death, her unfinished novel has finally been published for the first time
Geomorphologist and veteran climber Ludovic Ravanel is learning how Mont Blanc is shifting—and sharing his discoveries with the Alpine community
Architecture students at the University of Hong Kong invented a cooling apparatus that attaches to a construction helmet
New institutions dedicated to artificial intelligence, West African art, barbeque and more are expected to welcome visitors this year
A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society
In an extensive interview, Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III spoke on the current political climate, the process of returning human remains from the Institution’s collections, the awe-inspiring scope of Smithsonian science and much more
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