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On this day in 1849, America lost an innovative, unique and utterly strange literary giant
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Just how many different dinosaurs existed in North America during the end of the Cretaceous? It's a matter of huge debate
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Albert Einstein called Emmy Noether a "creative mathematical genius"
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A recurring series about movie theaters of the past
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A pair of tiny mammals emerge from their nest fully grown at the Zoo
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These five Nobelists have made food safer or more available, or increased our knowledge of it
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Two scientists are in a grim contest to document some of the animal kingdom's most endangered species
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Understand how the U.S. courts system has affected Native Americans, learn about the science of balloons and take in a Chinese film at the Freer gallery
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The latest Watch List from the World Monuments Fund cites 67 invaluable places in need of attention, in some cases protection from tourists
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The extraordinary career of the entrepreneur is chronicled in the Smithsonian collections
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The innovator wasn't just this generation's Thomas Edison, he was also its Walt Disney
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As a way of working, it's wide-open, competitive, nit-picky and nerve-wracking; it's outright warfare
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The truck came by slowly and a spotlight swept the river bottom. "My God—they're hunting me!"
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The quarry wall strewn with hundreds of bones representing some of the most famous dinosaurs is now open to the public again
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Burglary, felony theft, criminal mischief, abusing a corpse—last month alone was rife with food-related crimes and convictions
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The British monarch was present when a solicitor demonstrated one of the earliest audio recording devices. But did she really say "tomatoes"?
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Through mastering calligraphy in college, Jobs learned to think like an artist
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Date night at the Smithsonian, grab your special someone and head out to these after-hours events
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A film series examines how movies make use of science
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