A chemist from the Textile Museum is perfecting a new technique for understanding the past
Icons and Insights
Two centuries after his birth, the novelist is still wildly popular, as a theme park, a new movie and countless festivals attest
Biographer Claire Tomalin's literary sleuthing revealed the untold story of the famed author's "invisible woman"
NASA prepares its decommissioned space shuttles for delivery to the National Air and Space Museum
Chronicling passions that change the world, for good and ill
Two thousand years before Picasso, artists in Egypt painted some of the most arresting portraits in the history of art
Recently reissued, William L. Shirer's seminal 1960 history of Nazi Germany is still important reading
Spurred by rising global demand for the metal, miners are destroying invaluable rainforest in Peru's Amazon basin
Foreign tourists and local preservationists are bringing stretches of the storied roadway back to life
What do you cook for famed chef Alice Waters? Washington's culinary celebrities faced this challenge at the unveiling of her portrait at the Smithsonian
For the first time in two years, a litter of the South American mammals was born at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
A new cartoon series counts the many things tiny-armed Tyrannosaurus couldn't do: cross-country ski, eat from a buffet, count to five
In 1930, many football fans believed the college game was better than the professional one
Presented by the National Museum of African American History and Culture, this exhibit looks at the iconic founding father through the eyes of his slaves
When housed in an aquarium with a swirling robotic school, what determines whether a fish will join the crowd?
Could football players last 80 minutes in a rugby match? The great debate continues
An obsessed film buff (and Italian-American) reflects on the impact of Francis Ford Coppola’s blockbuster trilogy
As we approach one of the biggest snack days of the year, meet the "Tom Edison of snack food" who brought us the "Anglo corn chip"
A group including the actor Jack Nicholson has tried to get Dirt Mulholland on the National Register of Historic Places
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