The electronic transformation that is under way at the Smithsonian will fulfill a central promise of democracy
At the site of a new Smithsonian museum, a team of archaeologists dug up traces of a 19th-century neighborhood
Razors have come a long way in 7,000 years, but preparation and a steady hand remain the survival skills each time steel meets skin
A century after his birth, four decades after his death, the amazing Babe maintains a powerful grip on America's imagination
From the muddy yard of a private collector to the dresser drawers of a dealer, Mitchell Wolfson ransacks the world for his finds
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A silver speedster from the 1930s evokes the golden age of flight, a pair of world-class speed records and the early triumphs of Howard Hughes' life
In a universe filled with prebiotic compounds,it may be only a small step for some of them to hook up in ways that lead directly to life
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When a big mainframe first showed up at Ohio State University, this member of the artfaculty began moonlighting across the quad
Gentle whale sharks roam the world's warm seas but were rarely seen until an Australian gathering place was found
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Stephen Crane was fascinated by the seamy side of life, but his works elevated fiction to new heights
Over decades of inspired workmanship, Hiroshima Kazuo has fashioned baskets that bespeak the everyday life of an isolated rural Japan
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Incredible! Incomparable! Robert L. Ripley, who won fame and fortune by celebrating the outlandish, was himself a prime example
The modern museum trend toward interpretive exhibitions presents both challenges and opportunities
We were floundering in the War of 1812 when young Captain Perry delivered the winning motto, "Don't Give Up The Ship"
Grande dame of an 18th-century comedy, she has been an aspiration to all who read boners, gaffes and mutilations perpetrated upon the English language
Robert Davidson and Bill Reid rediscovered their past with the help of anthropologists, old books, tribal elders and a common ancestor
Honk if you've had it up to here with geese on the golf course, in your yard, all over parks and beaches. You are not the only one
While Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is history, space scientists are beginning to piece together the details of its pyrotechnic encounter with Jupiter last July
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