Beautifully crafted blades point to the continent’s earliest communities
Mark Bowden investigates how the unmanned, remote-controlled aircraft altered the battlefield forever
Does the hat that links us to his final hours define the president? Or does the president define the hat?
The farmworker’s initiative improved lives in America’s fields, and beyond
A haunting image captures America’s quintessential poet, writes author Mark Strand
The famed fossils are a link to some of the first complex creatures on Earth
Explorer John Wesley Powell filled in “great blank spaces” on the map – at times buoyed by a life preserver
An amateur naturalist’s unparalleled artworks still inspire conservationists and collectors alike
Playwright David Mamet writes that whether roaming free or stuffed, this symbol of the West tells a thousand stories
Pulled from the Smithsonian collections, these items range millennia, from pre-historic dinosaurs to the very first supercomputer
A group of innovators set out to simplify how we make classic Jack-o-Lanterns and their ghoulish grins
After a teenage beauty turned up dead in the Hudson River, not even the godfather of detective fiction could figure out who done it
The red dye used in the popular breakfast cereal resulted in several cases of the benign condition
Tool of the devil, harmless family game—or fascinating glimpse into the non-conscious mind?
Its large pit and fleshy deliciousness are all a result of its status as an evolutionary anachronism
A greened potato indicates the presence of a toxin that can cause gastrointestinal distress, induce coma or even death within 24 hours of consumption
Rioting tailors, destitute inventors and the court system all got involved in one of the 19th century's biggest innovations
In her new book, food historian Abigail Carroll traces the evolution of American eating from colonial times to present-day
Samuel Morse was an artist by trade, but to the world he's best known for connecting the dots --and dashes-- that forever changed the way we communicate
Take two shots of whiskey and call me in the morning
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