Creative circuitry and rolling robots make up this year’s top toys for teaching kids to love science, technology, engineering ...

By Cushman’s account, however, Chépart was “the last to receive his just reward.” Though he fled to his garden, “he was found ...

Turkey may have been part of the holiday meal, along with venison, shellfish and corn, but pies and potatoes were decidedly ...

Held on this day in 1895, the 54-mile round trip took more than ten hours and involved accidents with streetcars, horses and ...

Trillions of insects move around the globe each year. Scientists are working on new ways to map those long-distance journeys ...

With tears in her eyes on the morning of November 27, 1978, Dianne Feinstein stepped in front of a gathering of San Francisco ...

The idea suggests prehistoric people built a ring of stone circles in modern-day Dartmoor National Park around the same time ...

Geoscientists in Australia suggest a strong tornado swept across the Nullarbor Plain in November 2022 and made the ...

Through Indigenous weaving workshops and environmental science projects, the Smithsonian engages in co-learning projects to ...

Our favorite titles of the year resurrect forgotten histories and examine how the United States ended up where it is today ...

At the oldest public art museum in the United States, miniatures, glassware and other intricately created works transport ...

This copy of the 16th-century text is owned by a private collector. Until recently, historians weren't aware that it existed ...