Charlotte Butler Skinner spent decades chronicling glorious mountains and deserts, in the company of Dorothea Lange and other influential friends
A study proposes that the population that gave rise to modern humans may have been reduced to roughly 1,300 reproducing individuals
The Smithsonian American Art Museum brings its latest time-based media art to the widest possible audience, including the deaf and hearing impaired
How mead, one of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages, could become the drink of the future
During World War II, the OSS sent Moe Berg to Europe, where he gathered intel on Germany's efforts to build an atomic bomb
The new freezing technique could reinvigorate corals suffering from warming oceans—or even preserve human organs in the future
Amid snowcapped mountains, sandy dunes, a wild seacoast and more, the legacy of the country's Moorish past can still be explored across the peninsula
The forgotten figure symbolized the hopes—and myths—of the early United States
The television personality, who died last week at 99, was part of a match that made game show history
Northern Europe and the British Isles
A new sculpture and an upcoming restoration are breathing life into the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs, one of 19th-century Britain’s most curious creations
Before he changed aviation forever, the daredevil achieved an unparalleled speed record on land
At the Terezin concentration camp, some of Europe's top artists found solace in creating new work. Today one musician is determined to give them an encore
Handwritten annotations in the Tudor king's psalter show how he looked to scripture to justify his break from Rome and the annulment of his first marriage
The draft on view at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture was produced a few hours before King took to the podium
Stanley Tretick documented the demonstration in 1963, but his snapshots were hidden in a trunk, unseen by the public for decades
Researchers search the shores of Molokai for fossils to help predict the impact of melting ice sheets on our oceans
Public health experts are borrowing a technique from the tech world in hopes of spurring patients to get preventative care
A newly discovered letter suggests a Newfoundland named Rebel accompanied both Continental and British officers into battle
Two chroniclers of explorers, including one who profiled OceanGate’s Stockton Rush, reflect on what visiting the depths of the ocean can—and can’t—teach us
A new film explores how Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir navigated the 1973 Yom Kippur War
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