How the Formerly Ubiquitous Pumpkin Became a Thanksgiving Treat

Smithsonian Scholars Pick Their Favorite Books of 2018

Based on a True Story

The True Story of the 'Green Book' Movie

How Voltaire Went from Bastille Prisoner to Famous Playwright

A Fresh Look at These Stone Tools Reveals a New Chapter of Ancient Chinese History

The Garfield Assassination Altered American History, But Is Woefully Forgotten Today

The Ten Best Books About Food of 2018

Why a New Robin Hood Arises Every Generation

NASA Will Attempt Its Eighth Mars Landing in One Week

Ingenious Minds

Jose Gomez-Marquez Wants to Turn Doctors and Nurses into Makers

How Poetry Soothed a Nation in Mourning for John F. Kennedy

Smithsonian Adds Arthur Jafa’s “Love is the Message, The Message is Death” to the Collections

How Photographer Alfred Wertheimer Captured Elvis Presley's Kiss

Weasel-Like Fossils Reveal Evolutionary Clues of the First Mammals

Innovative Spirit

The World's First Synthesizer Was a 200-Ton Behemoth

How an Unremarkable "Brunch in the Forest" Turned Into the Thanksgiving We Know

Document Deep Dive

W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visionary Infographics Come Together for the First Time in Full Color

Science in the Movies

Fantastic Things We Learned This Year About Fantastic Beasts of the Real World

Innovative Spirit

This Apartment-Size Wind Turbine Makes Use of Gusts Coming From All Directions

Astronomers Discover Second-Closest Known Exoplanet

More Recent Stories »

Keeping you current

Your Cat's Tongue Is a Rough, Pink Engineering Marvel

The Statue of Liberty’s Original Torch Gets a New Home

Paradise's Gold Nugget Museum Falls Victim to Camp Fire

New Research

Why Wombats Make Cube-Shaped Poos

Trending Today

Texas Will Finally Teach That Slavery Was Main Cause of the Civil War

Hurricane Harvey Didn’t Stop These Fish From Mating

Promising Peanut Allergy Treatment Could Become Available in the Near Future

Step Into Claude Monet’s World With This Immersive VR Exploration of ‘Water Lilies’

Washboard Abs and Unusual Toes Convince Experts These Sculptures Were Crafted by Michelangelo

The Woman Who Invented the Green Bean Casserole

Cool Finds

Missing Disney Cartoon From 1928 Discovered in Japan

Landmark Verdict Finds Two of Khmer Rouge's Surviving Leaders Guilty of Genocide

More SmartNews Stories »

History

ludwig eibl stillleben mit blumen und kürbis

Science

Ancient Chinese Tools

Innovation

InSight Spacecraft
FREE INFO FROM ADVERTISERS »
AD SHOWCASE »

Featured Videos

These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day
A Honey Badger and Mole Snake Fight to the Death
Why Building a Carbon Fiber Car Is So Labor-Intensive
Airfare Included
America in Color: The Wild West