A new book by historian Emily Sneff records the journeys of the Declaration's first printed copies, tracking their reception ...

Known for spectacles like "The Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's most commercially successful composer now wants to tell the ...

In 1943, a chemist in Switzerland synthesized a drug that alters consciousness. His discovery changed the study of medicine, ...

Ciudad del Rey Don Felipe was established on the north shore of Chile's Strait of Magellan in 1584. When an English navigator ...

From preserved plants to T. rex, the material found in these Late Cretaceous rocks has resulted in countless breakthroughs ...

Students measure ice thickness and monitor spring break-up to help save lives in areas where frozen rivers are used as ...

In their first press conference since returning from space, the four-person crew described feeling small but united with ...

Researchers say the ancestral Colorado River formed an ancient lake in northern Arizona roughly 6.6 million years ago that ...

After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

The Bard purchased the property three years before his death in 1616. Had he hoped to spend more time in the city where he ...

Genetic testing revealed that nutria living in California since 2017 are most closely related to a population in central ...

Tourists can learn about this history by snorkeling over the wreck of the German ship in shallow waters just off the island’s ...