Fifty years ago, on October 5, 1974, David Kunst completed the first verified circumnavigation of the globe on foot. Along ...

A recent exhibition shows how soldiers sent in votes during the Civil War and World War II, as many Americans would in 2020 ...

Sensitive instruments onboard the plane detected hundreds of events producing gamma rays in storms over the Caribbean and ...

Lizzy, the avatar based on the novel’s Elizabeth Bennet, will hold period-accurate conversations with visitors at Jane Austen ...

At the site known as Oued Beht, archaeologists uncovered evidence of a large farming settlement where people used advanced ...

Experts say that the trove of silver currency is official treasure and includes coins from England and Ireland ...

Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to their lost ancestry. Read about Gardner’s project and process, as well as more details about the ...

In May of 1946, the United States Navy gave one of their own battleships, the USS Stewart, a burial at sea—sinking it in a ...

With the help of 3D modeling technology, a team of veterinary experts successfully carried out a rare spinal surgery on an 11 ...

Orbiting Barnard's star, the nearest solo star to Earth, the world is too hot to be habitable—a scorching 257 degrees ...

Though breast cancer mortality is declining overall, Asian American women and women under 50 have experienced an uptick in ...

Discover how Ella Jenkins' joyful songs and storytelling have inspired generations of young listeners, while her commitment ...