Sixty years ago, Johnny Carson and Eva Gabor played Twister on the “Tonight Show,” and the public took it as permission to ...
The images of Lakes Huron, Erie, Superior, Michigan and Ontario are pulled from submissions to the Smithsonian Magazine Photo ...
HMS "Victory" served in the American Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. It's the world’s ...
Researchers analyzed isotopes and DNA in the teeth of remains found in a mass grave from the Plague of Justinian, which swept ...
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument spent five years observing the sky from Arizona. Now, researchers have a trove of ...
The museum is hosting events throughout the month ranging from an exploration of human evolutionary history to a celebration ...
An in-depth look at how the Smithsonian and 4‑H partnership invites youth across the country into museums as learners, ...
Chan, a museum education specialist, has spent over a decade creating meaningful experiences for audiences of all ages, with ...
As part of a longstanding effort to help Italy track down its missing treasures, the U.S. returned hundreds of ancient ...
Researchers believe the ax dates to between 1400 B.C.E. and 1275 B.C.E. and is a relic of the Bronze Age, when humans started ...
Truffles were introduced to Australia 25 years ago, when the first host trees with T. melanosporum spores were planted there.
The discovery provides another key data point about a little-known species for which every observation matters ...