Clement Valla makes art out of Google Earth's surrealist irregularities
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The project, made of soil and sand, will cover five acres between the Lincoln Memorial and World War II Memorial
Newly released files shed fresh light on the difficult relationship shared by the “Untouchable” Prohibition Bureau agent and the powerful FBI director
This remarkable man risked his life to undermine the Confederacy yet remained close to his former owner after the Civil War
Take a peek at the mysterious black briefcase that has accompanied every U.S. president since John F. Kennedy
The stations designed to ring an alarm against nuclear attack may have new responsibilities due to climate change
Today's epic battle has been fought before, when radio took to the air a century ago
The fish is facing an upstream struggle to survive. Can human ingenuity find a solution?
Maps attributed to the 13th-century traveler sketch what looks like the coast of Alaska
Surgeons only have to go so far before the brain takes over and reconnects the nervous system
Robert Ballard, the famed explorer who discovered the wreck of the Titanic, ponders what else is on the ocean floor
Abel Buell’s map was the first in the country submitted for a copyright
Smithsonian Folkways is re-releasing its catalog of Spanish Civil War songs
China's most controversial artist selected America's most notorious prison as the home for his new show
The history of the comic-book superhero's creation seven decades ago has been hidden away—until now
A new poem about the famous skeleton by Amit Majmudar
He’s the most important human skeleton ever found in North America—and here, for the first time, is his story
The famed bird now finds itself at the center of a flap over de-extinction
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