Forty years ago, a Copernican moment took place in viniculture when the world realized the sun didn’t always revolve around French wines
In 1952, a remarkable copper scroll was uncovered by archaeologists near the Dead Sea. It would take four years for scientists to agree on a way to open it
In honor of the coin’s 150th anniversary, read up on how the nickel came to be minted
When an award-winning science writer dug into the backstory of this New Haven institute, he found a world of scientific derring-do
Country music star Trace Adkins stops by the Smithsonian to examine some authentic sheet music from the Civil War.
Curator Nancy Bercaw from the African American History Museum discusses the freedom fighter's ongoing legacy
An offbeat Belgrade museum reveals the many mysteries of the prolific, late-19th-century inventor
The congresswoman tried to win the White House by consolidating the Black vote and the women's vote, but she ran into trouble
For residents of Slovakia's capital, Cold War structures recall a painful past
At 15, Minnijean Brown faced down the Arkansas National Guard, Now Her Story and Personal Items are Archived at the Smithsonian
Germany's treasured—and controversial—rule has a fascinating past and an uncertain future
From user-generated content to political screeds, the future of news happens to look a lot like the past
The story behind the most famous betrayal in U.S. history shows the complicated politics of the nation's earliest days
Two new books offer divergent theories on the authorship of the much-heralded film
C'mon baby light my flier
The trail-blazing sci-fi series debuted 50 years ago and has taken countless fans where none had gone before
Originally designed in the 1930s to restrict access to the drug, these stamps draw a curious crowd to the Postal Museum
Treasure found in prehistoric graves in Bulgaria is the first evidence of social hierarchy, but no one knows what caused the civilization's decline
Spanning 1,770 miles from Germany's Black Forest to the coast of Romania, the river takes its character from the people and places it passes
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