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

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

Arthur “Jack” Schubarth cloned illegally imported genetic material from the Marco Polo argali to create hybrid sheep that ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...