At the Smithsonian Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, cabinets contain thousands of wood specimens, some of which ...

The renowned composer has scored many of the most famous films of our time. But until this summer, he had never attempted a ...

The durian, a spiky fruit that grows across Southeast Asia, has a polarizing reputation for its pungent odor and strong taste. There are the durian haters — people who experience waves of revulsion at ...

The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation is donating 63 artworks to the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Los ...

An astrophysicist argues that the interstellar mission would be extremely challenging but not completely unrealistic ...

A 2,100-participant clinical trial found that structured and self-guided lifestyle changes can improve cognitive capabilities ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

The space explorer was determined throughout his life, says Teasel Muir-Harmony, the curator of the Apollo Collection at the ...

The newly discovered trilobite may be hundreds of millions of years old, but its use 2,000 years ago as an amulet is the ...

Maria Mitchell, the first widely recognized American woman scientist, gained international acclaim after discovering a comet ...

A new study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) estimates 10% of insect species on Barro Colorado Island ...

The Mayan Languages Preservation and Digitization Project promotes tools designed by and for Indigenous communities, like ...