Stronger than plastic and tougher than glass, the resin-filled material is being exploited for smartphone screens, insulated windows and more
A keen sense of what shoppers wanted made her eponymous company the first woman-owned business on the American Stock Exchange
The scientists who study terns, puffins and other birds are trying to get fisheries managers to heed their warnings
In this year's tabletop favorites, play as bees in space, Chinese emperors, fox breeders, women suffragists, fashionistas and much more
Created as department store marketing tools, many of these seasonal figures became beloved holiday traditions
Blackwater photographer Steven Kovacs takes spectacular shots of marine animals, helping scientists study tiny larval fish
Contrary to popular belief, the 1773 protest opposed a tax break, not a tax hike. And it didn't immediately unify the colonies against the British
This year’s top titles include an art history primer, a collection of silly poems and a mathematical word problem in disguise
The 1993 film also inspired its director, Steven Spielberg, to establish a foundation that preserves survivors' stories
Can recreating photographs from the 19th century connect a family to its lost heritage?
A new Shawn Michael Warren portrait of the legendary talk show host is now on view at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery
In the absence of tourists, the animals increased within Mexico’s Cabo Pulmo National Park
A bold new photographic project asks modern-day Americans to recreate portraits of their 19th-century ancestors in painstakingly accurate fashion
The award-winning set designer Es Devlin explores the art of creating spectacle
Odeuropa is an online database of scents from 16th- to early 20th-century Europe culled from historical literature and art
From uncovering a tyrannosaur’s last meal to unlocking the secrets of a dino with a really long neck, these were the year’s biggest stories
Stomach contents from a juvenile Gorgosaurus reveal it feasted on small, bird-like species 75 million years ago
Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
Travel vicariously to one of the world’s most picturesque locales
The painter’s streetscapes and neighborhood scenes mesmerize, but now he is being recognized for documenting a changing urban landscape
From stories on the depths of the ocean to the stars in the sky, these are the works that moved us the most this year
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