In 1933, the Harlem Renaissance star wrote a powerful essay about race. It has never been published in English—until now
With conflict raging again in Israel, a fearless initiative reveals a complex reality that few visitors ever experience
Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys have several adaptations to deal with the cold
The team behind the Smithsonian's new dinosaur and fossil hall reflect on what "deep time" means to them.
The Fourth of July is also National Fry an Egg on the Sidewalk Day, and no amount of scientific logic can crack this tradition
A team of scientists sequenced genomes from people who lived in a port city on the Mediterranean coast of Israel between the 12th and 8th centuries B.C.
From fireworks shields to seat belts, these inventions throughout history have made summer fun less risky
On July 2, residents of Chile and Argentina witnessed the first total solar eclipse since August 2017
Apollo at 50: We Choose to Go to the Moon
Montgomery worked closely with the Apollo astronauts to train them to use handheld tools and equipment on the moon
The company used patents and trademarks to develop a line of machines based on inventor Chester Carlson's 'electrophotography'
One activist thought celebrating the founding of the nation would be better spent as a "a quiet day under the trees"
Even as some enslaved men escaped North, the retreat by the Army of Northern Virginia would have been disastrous without the support of its camp servants
The Indiana Medical History Museum is telling the human stories behind its collection of brains, tumors and other biological remains
Researchers have developed an algorithm to identify cries that signal pain or sickness
Chemicals in microalgae are crucial for these bright green shrimp's sexual development, but ocean acidification could change that
Sure, the 19th-century invention transformed shopping. But it also revolutionized how we think about the built environment
One hundred years ago, the news broke that World War I had officially ended.
The fossil is about 1.8 million years old, meaning the bird may have arrived on the continent around the same time as <i>Homo erectus</i>
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