A promising new technique could lead to lasting skin grafts after burns or other injuries
The 1966 Welsh mining tragedy claimed the lives of 116 children and 28 adults and features heavily in the third season of Netflix's "The Crown"
For many, the personal—tea cups, dresses, needlework and charm bracelets—really was political. A new book tells why
Material gathered and preserved in a pack rat's midden helps researchers open new windows on the past
From castles to vineyards to bird parks, these sites will introduce you to the ancient sport
A skeleton from the Cretaceous found in Japan reveals an early bird with a tail nub resembling the avians of today
British product designer Lucy Hughes has invented a biodegradable plastic made from fish offcuts
With a new navigation system from MIT, robots can decipher common landscape features, even in an unfamiliar environment
The much-loved children’s toy was a desperate spinoff of a putty used to clean soot off of wallpaper
Smithsonian Books presents ‘We Return Fighting,’ a groundbreaking exploration of African American involvement in World War I
The new film “Midway” revisits the pivotal WWII battle from the perspectives of pilots, codebreakers and naval officers on both sides of the conflict
World War II service members played an important role in the shift toward audience-centric storytelling
Communities of bacteria and other microbes in the human mouth can help researchers learn how these groups of organisms affect human health
Making its debut in 1969, the beloved children’s television show was shaped by the African-American communities in Harlem and beyond
Researchers are developing a new long-acting, self-administered device that delivers hormones beneath the skin’s surface
<i>Danuvius guggenmosi</i>, a “totally new and different” species of ape, would have moved through the trees using its forelimbs and hindlimbs equally
A new book explores the evolution of cartography throughout more than a century of commercial air travel
Smithsonian’s Food History Weekend pays homage to José Andrés and other celebrity chefs; and places new artifacts on view
More than 11,000 signatories to a new research paper argue that we need new ways to measure the impacts of a changing climate on human society
Few people claimed to fully understand it, but the esoteric theory still managed to spark the public's imagination
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