Scientists in California are working with communities—and a suite of tools—to better monitor air quality
A brief history of road ecology, the scientific discipline that is helping us understand our impact on the environment and how to diminish it
From laptops to iPhones, the first successful typewriter’s keyboard layout lives on
Get up close and personal with a birder’s-eye view of the United States, as reflected by our beloved feathered neighbors
Pilgrims who left behind ancient graffiti are the subject of new research in the middle of the Nile
The endangered creature is a target for fishing off the coast of the Bahamas—and a magnet for ecotourists who just might save it
A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found
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Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries
These highlights from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest commemorate Labor Day
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
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
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