A series of statues by sculptor John Gurche brings us face to face with our early ancestors
At a new dinosaur park in Maryland, children and paleontologists alike have found fossils for a new Smithsonian exhibit
The Smithsonian Institution pitches in to help NASA prepare for its next lunar mission with a new "home on wheels"
Understanding how corals reproduce is critical to their survival; Smithsonian's Nancy Knowlton investigates the annual event
For 50 years, John Marshall documented one of Africa's last remaining hunter- gatherer tribes in more than 700 hours of film footage
With a steady hand, Xiangmei Gu wields paintbrushes and tweezers as the Smithsonian's only conservator of Chinese paintings
Transforming everyday items into Native American artwork, Jungen bridges the gap between indigenous and mass cultures
On a small island near Washington, D.C., Smithsonian researchers have found a genetic code that could revolutionize botany
A new photo exhibit featuring the work of biologist Mark Moffett reminds us that we still live in an age of discovery
In a movie first, curators and filmmakers collaborated to animate artifacts for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
The spacesuits that kept U.S. astronauts alive now owe their survival to one woman
In a Maryland forest, bankers trade in their suits and ties to study the environment with Smithsonian scientists
Forensic anthropologists at the National Museum of Natural History find answers to a colonial cold case
In arctic Canada, a Smithsonian researcher discovers evidence of Basque trading with North America
The newly reopened Smithsonian National Museum of American History boasts a rare pair of Judy Garland's legendary ruby slippers
Charles Harrison, former industrial designer at Sears, Roebuck and Company, created practical innovations that touched many lives
How a Film Helped Preserve a Native Culture
Smithsonian curators probe the meanings of telltale objects
At the Smithsonian American Art Museum, tech-savvy players gather clues in the alternate reality game "Ghosts of a Chance"
Tlingit artisans craft a canoe that embodies their culture's oceangoing past
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