Smithsonian magazine commissioned Drew Gardner for a project that connects Black Americans today to their lost ancestry. Read about Gardner’s project and process, as well as more details about the ...

While the annual shower usually makes for a sleepy showing, it has been known to produce fantastic outbursts in the past ...

The legendary Stan Lee, creator of the Avengers, Spiderman and Iron Man, has partnered with the Smithsonian National Museum ...

Photographer Melissa Farlow traveled across the American West capturing the majestic beauty of wild mustangs before they ...

Three months after the devastating storm forced the students of PS 317 to put down their instruments, the band is back and ...

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Sensitive instruments onboard the plane detected hundreds of events producing gamma rays in storms over the Caribbean and ...

The classic American tale of a woman who grew up poor, became queen of the stage and even owned the Hope Diamond ...

Rather than pouncing on its prey, the larger Pacific striped octopus extends a tentacle and taps its victim, startling it into the octopus's deadly embrace. (Video courtesy Roy Caldwell, UC Berkeley) ...

After reviewing more than 30,000 photos, the editors of Smithsonian Magazine are proud to announce the Grand Prize Winner. #shorts ...

In this clip from the documentary, see how Cassady embodied the spirit of Jack Kerouac's iconic character from On the Road ...